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The herald., 1898-01-31
MONDAY, JANUARY 81. 1898.
ABOUT LEAVING TOWN

II ;s said that the editor of The Her.
old has openly made the foolish state
ment that he would drive the eultor
of the Capital out of Los Angeles'-h'
Patton; his paper.
The editor of The Herald never MADE
ruch a statement, either openly or pri-
yately. In publishing paragraph TO
that effect, Patton is trying to set some
body up as bogy man, and hlmseH is
seeking to pose as prosecuted lnno-
cent. In other words, he is playing the
.'baby act" in the hope of exciting SYM
pathy. If he ever leaves Los Angeles, II
will probably be on his own motion.
Once upon a time there lived in Los
Angeles a man known as II. III. Boyce.
Rorn crooked. he had been crooked all
his life, and he continued to be crooked
here. After going on here several years
in his evil-doing, he was exposed by
newspaper. He thought to brazen it out
and he brought a libel suit. 1t was. the
worst thing in the world that he could
have done. "Whom the gods would de-
stroy they first make mad The trlal
took place and Boyce's whole Wretched
career was opened up to the public and
made so clear that nobody had any
doubts. concerning it thereafter. He
struggled along and tried to brazen 1t
out, but, somehow, he did not succeed.
Nobody seemed to have much use Tor
such a crooked man and his crooked
Il l,r1ci sold
out by the sheriff and he left town. But
he left on his own motion. Nobody drove
him out. He simply ran away from the
effects of his own vicious acts.
Since then Boyce has continued in his
old crooked ways. He has tried half a
dozen different places-has held good
positions and enjoyed fine opportunl-
ties-but he has not succeeded any
where. Recently he robbed another
crooked man and skipped over into Can
ada. He is self -banished from his ma
tive land. But nobody drove him out;
nobody even asked him to go. He went
of his own accord. He ran away from
the effects of his own evil deeds.
Yet, at his worst, it was never charged
against Royce that he had boasted to
his familiars of seducing another mans
wife. If he ever did so base a thing he
never gave away the name OF the Wo-
man. He may have levied blackmail,
cribbed from public funds, eXtorted trib-
ute from dependents, and betrayed his
friends. but it was never charged
against him that he had shot down in
cold blood an innocent and irresponsi-
BILE fellow being. Neither boasted Sc
duction nor wanton murder was brought
out against him in the trial of his cele-
brated libel suit.
And yet Boyce left Los Angeles of his
own motion.
The herald., 1898-01-31

tion upon such an issue. Few of them
would be in congress today had these
questions been at issue when they were
chosen.
Mr.. Gage freely admits that the peo-
Pile are favorable to the greenbacks and
opposed to national bank issues, and as
concession to what he regards as the
prevailing sentiment of the country. his
bill provides for the gradual rather than
for the immediate and complete change
to the conditions which he hopes will be
eventually produced by the legislation
proposed. He as a cabinet officer is will
ing to fly in the face of that sentiment;
but, with a congressional election ap-
preaching, it is different with the men
who have a constituency to represent
and to satisfy. The business of Mr.. Gage
is to gain every possible concession for
the powerful interests he represents,
after which he will return to manage
his great bank under the more favorable
laws which he hopes to have enacted.
That is what he is in the cabinet for.
He is not politician, and has no possi
BILE political future to conserve. But it
is widely different with the congress
man, and the difference explains the
difficnlty in getting together.
Nothing practical will be accomplished
at this session. No practical legislation
is possible under the circumstances.
And from that fact the people should be
able to gather any amount of consola-
ton. For the money which it will cost
they will secure considerable enlighten-
ment upon an abstruse question, and it
will not be entirely thrown away. 1t
will help to prepare them for the cam
paign of education to follow. 1t will aid
them in forming correct conclusions as
to their interest and their duty in the
next great contest. They will them
selves at last settle the question of cur
rency reform at the ballot box next No
vember. Nor have we and apprehensions
that they will fail to settle it Alright.
The herald., 1898-01-31
A FOOL AND HIS LAND

The Sacramento Record Union, which
is usually very careful and fair. is gross
" unjust to Los Angeles in commenting
upon a case wherein a Denver man pur-
chased a piece of worthless land in San
Bernardno county through false rep
resentations. 1t reproduces the follow
ing from the San Bernardino Free Press
of Jan. 12:
Eastern swindlers are again at work
selling desert lands to parties who
have not been in this section. Professor
George H. Stone formerly state min
eralogist for Colorado, has written to a
prominent attorney in this city. stat
ing that Denver gentleman had pur-
chased a piece of land in this county.
The lot in question is the north half
of lot 6 of the Van Buren, tract. and
southeast quarter of the northeast
quarter and east half of the south
east quarter of section Z, township 1
south, range west. The Denver gen.
tleman supposed that his land was suit
able for orange growing, and he wrote
to know if there was any fruit on it
this season. Investigation shows that
this land is in the middle of the Santa
Ana wash and is valueless. This is an
old scheme. and works injury to the
sale of really valuable California prop
erty.
The Free Press says in so many words
that the fraud was perpetrated by "east-
ern swindlers," yet the Record Union
declares that it was the wSrk of "a land
agent of Los Angeles" 1t may be that
the Record-Union is better Informed
than the Free Press or The Herald, but
this is not made clear. The reference t.
Los Angeles was probably an uninten-
tional, but nevertheless exasperating
slip on the part of the writer.
This feature aside, the comments OF
the Record Union are eminently sensi-
BILE and proper. 1t says there is no de-
fense for the swindler who merits severe
punishment. But the Denver man IL
not to be held blameless. why" asks
our Sacramento contemporary, did yol
buy without taking the ordinary pre-
caution of asking some reliable persons
concerning the land? Who gave you a
license to be a fool?"
The herald., 1898-01-31
vote in these days for men and issues,
not according to party labels

vote in these days for men and issues,
not according to party labels.
This is very fine doctrine in the alb
stract, but the effect is spoiled so. far as
the Spreckels organ is concerned by its
announcement that 'in the next cam
paign we shall support the Republican
ticket" 1t matters not whether the
party nominees are boodlers or dema-
gogues or corruptonists; if they wear
the Republican party label they VIII re-
ceive the Calls hearty support.
1t is trucking subserviency of this
sort that helps give the Push and the
Pull their power and their audacity. The
Democratic party in Los Angeles, San
Francisco and California is making q
vigorous, manly effort to rid It
self of the corrupt element that
has fastened upon its flanks like
leeches. 1t is being bitterly OPP
posed by the Allied Villainies of both
parties who are against decency and re-
spectability wherever they find it, and
by their chosen organ, the San Francisco
Call. The place for good men and clean
principles is within party lines, and The
Herald proposes to help make the
Democratic party their home.
The herald., 1898-01-31
THE LAWD-HAS-MERCYi

Wen Gabr'ls big holm done blows de las
time,
An de critters cum a potterin' in;
Oh, Lawd, hab mercy.
Don, Lawd, dom, keep shivrn out in de
rain
Brack critters as cum to de bahs-let' m
in.
Oh, Lawd, hab mercy.
De pore critters rusl'd, rusl'd hahd, Lawd
Wild no sine f clover en- mighty littl
grass.
Oh, Lawd, hab mercy.
Desc hides an desc bones dey done fetch
erlong
Am turnin' out big fer de chance dey has
Oh, Lawd, hab mercy.
Hits cloudy an hits cole heah at de bahs
Hail jumps eroun' at de whistle of dc
win.
Oh, Lawd, hab mercy.
Oh, Lawd won you come an let down dc
N tuhn-praise Gawd-dese brack crit.
ters in?
Oh, Lawd, hab mercy.
Wat dat I see? See! light am cumin'-
De Mahster! de Mahster! his face a stah!
Oh, Lawd, hab mercy.
His white, bleedin' hans am slidin' de
rails,
He's lettin' down foh us dem golden
bahs-
Hallelujah-praise Gawd-
De Lawd-has-mercy!
NJ. Congehr in Kansas City Star.
The herald., 1898-01-31
The Marks of Wisdom

To be wise is the use of wisdom, as see.
ing is the use of the eyes, and speaking OF
the tongue He that is perfectly wise is
perfectly happy; nay, the beginning OF
wisdom makes life easy to US. 1t Is mot
enough to know this; we must print 1t in
our minds by daily meditation and so
bring good will to good habit. We must
practice what we preach, for philosophy Is
not a subject TO popular ostentation. nor
does 1t rest in words, but in deeds. 1t Is
not an entertainment 10 be taken up lot
delight or to give a taste for our actions.
and tell us what we are to do and what
TO avoid. 1t sits at the helm and guides
us through all hazards; nay. we cannot
be safe without 1t, for every hour gives us
occasion to use It, 1t informs us in all the
duties of life; piety to our parents, faith
10 our friends; charity to the poor, 1udg-
ment in counsel; 1t gives us peace by fear-
ing nothing, and riches by cove.in9
nothing.-Seneca-
The herald., 1898-01-31
CURRENCY REFORM IMPOSSIBLE

1t is not little difficult to see wherein
the Republican party is to gain anything
by the prolongation of the discussion
over the question of currency reform
inasmuch as conditions have obtained
since it was precipitated that preclude
the possibility of such legislation's being
enacted at this session as will be accept
able to the elements which stand for re-
vision of the currency laws, and which
are holding the party to its agreements
in that behalf. 1t is perfectly well
known that the majority in the house
cannot be concentrated upon any one of
the three measures that have been pre-
sented to the banking committee for
analysis, and it is quite as patent fact
that if the contrary We're true, no bill
upon which the party strength could be
united, under any possible application
of the party whip, can pass the senate,
So unlikely is any agreement upon the
question that Mr.. Reed has been en-
boldened to declare that he will do all
in his power to put through the house
any bill upon which any half dozen
members of the Republican persuasian
will unite. The utter hopelessness of
Republican harmony. could not be more
strikingly or suggestively satirized.
Reed is nothing if not a politician, more
or less sagacious and far-seeing. He
knows that there can be no agreement,
for the very potent reason that individ-
ual members desire none. He as well as
they know that the passage by the house
of any one of the measures under con-
sideration, by strict party vote, will
jeopardize every doubtful congress dis
trict in the country, and each feels that
he will have better success in explaining
a failure to his constituents than in Civ
ing to them satisfactory reasons for an
agreement upon policy that cannot fail
to become odious when it's far-reaching
consequences are universally recog-
nized.
There is no more diversity of opinion
among Republican congressman upon
there was upon the question of tariff
revision, and yet upon the latter issue
the party whips had little difficulty in
at last securing united and harmonious
action. Cohesion would not only be pos
sible but extremely probable in the
present emergency but for the whole
some dread the members feel of the dis
approval of their constituents. Every
one of the bills before them provides for
two departures in governmental policy
which they know will not be popular
with the masses-the declaration that
this country is and must remain upon
the gold standard. and that the control
OF the paper money of the country is to
be handed over absolutely to the ma
tional banks. Few Republican members
of the present congress would dare to
appeal to their constituents for re-elec-
The herald., 1898-01-31

At The Herald's request, Mr.. T. E.
Gibbon, who represented the League for
Better City Government in the investi-
cation of the school board scandal, has
consented to publish the argument
which he had prepared in the prosecu-
ton of the charges against Director
Webb. The "solid five" in their effort
to Whitewash the iron hand" of their
boss, succeeded in suppressing this
presentation of carefully sifted and
summarized evidence, but they are
frustrated by this publication from the
attempt to exclude from the public thai
which was within its rights to know Mr..
Gibbons argument is calm and judicial
throughout, tracing step by step Webb S
intriguing connection with his tools.
After careful reading of the prosecu-
tons summing up, the verdict of the
people will be of infinitely more value
than that of the "solid five"
The herald., 1898-01-31
THE WIND
The wind sings high and the wind sinss


The wind sings high and the wind sings
low,
And never athought gives he
To the melody in its changefu flow,
But the whole world pauses his mood 70
know, 1
And his voice is strong and free. A
The lover hears in his note a sigh,
And the soldier battle call;
'Tis drge to the mourner with misty
eye,
While the roysterer joins in its revel ory,
For the wind has songs for all.
Oh, the dainty joiner of well-piped lays,
Though you toll from sun to sun,
Men will not listen nor feel nor praise,
Till your heart is free and has found the
phrase
4 OF the wind that sings for none. n
washington Evening stah
The herald., 1898-01-31

Zeitung, demands that the government
fight the American tariff tooth for
tooth" That is doubtless the predomi-
nant feeling of the German people Re-
ciprocity is simply free trade in spots
and whereas it appeals to the selfish in
stincts of people engaged in a few pro-
ductive industries to be benefited its
further favorable reception cannot rea-
sonably be looked for among the pro-
ducers and manufacturers of country
situated as is Germany. Nor will the
measurable success of reciprocity hasten
the closing of the gap in federal reve-
nues.
The herald., 1898-01-31
Had Seen It All

{. A young fellow who drank much more
than was good for him was advised by his
friends to take the gold cure, but he re-
fused. But" protested mis- friends.
your physician says that If you keep on
drinking you will surely go blind. Now,
the question is simply this: Do you prefer
being cured of the drink habit and retains
ing your sight, or do you prefer to keep
on drinking and go blind?' The young man
paced the floor for some time and was IN
a brown study. Finally he turned to his
friends and, with resigned expression OF
countenance, replied: "Well, guess I've
seen about everything
The herald., 1898-01-31
UNSOLICITED ADVICE

" The San Francisco Call has taken
upon itself the congenial task of insult
ing and advising the Democratic party
of California. 1t presents the first in
stallment under the heading, "Wisdom
for the Unwashed," in its issue of last
Saturday.
The alleged delinquency of some fifty
of the members of the Democratic state
central committee in not paying their
assessments is set forth with great glea
and in the most insulting manner by the
Call Inasmuch as the most of these as
sessments We're satisfactorily arranged
as soon as the committee met last Sat
urday and as the meeting was without
dissensions of any sort, the cheap witt
cisms of the Call We're out of place.
Furthermore, the Democratic party can
afford to be tWitted with its poverty by
the personal organ of a sugar trust king.
The Democratic party may be poor but
it is honest. 1t is the party Of the peo-
pie.
The Call then contributes this bril-
liant piece of "wisdom for the un-
Washed":
Regular Democrats as well as regular
Republicans must be aware of the fact
that party labels no longer hold men
together in California. Everywhere
primaries and conventions. caucuses
and committees are proving incffect-
I've for producing political results. In
dependent voting is now the order of
the day. The people no longer ask
whether candidate is Il Democrat or
A.a Republican. They want to know
E.ho@ he measures up as Man. They
The herald., 1898-01-31

The Dominion government seems to
have arisen superior to it's proverbial
conservatism in the matter of giving en-
couragement to the construction of a
Klondike, and an army of laborers is
already marching on the right of way
between the Stickeen river and Lake
Teslin. The vigor already displayed by
the authorities promises a speedy con-
summation
The herald., 1898-01-31

The action of the postmaster general
in curtailing the letter carrier service in
various cities. on the ground that the
appropriation is exhausted, fully justi-
fies the inquiry which the senate insti-
tuted by resolution. A step calculated
to cripple materially so important n
branch of the service should certainly
not be taken without first presenting the
facts to congress, which has the power
instantly to supply the needed funds.
The herald., 1898-01-31

The house discussion of the civil serv-
ice law has not been entirely barren OF
results. The president will feel justified
in deferring any further extension of the
classified list And perhaps that is all
that was aimed at
The herald., 1898-01-31

Ex-Congressman Crapo, speaking for
the cotton manufacturers of New Eng
with the tariff" This is encourag gng
1t is the first tariff law ever enacted the
duties of which are high enough to suit
a Yankee manufacturer
The herald., 1898-01-31

The administration leaders in the
house are in a quandary touching the
of the Teller resolution. De-
lay, it is felt, will Increase the prestige
gained by the senate, while precipitate
threatens to divide the
majority. The sagacity OF
the silver men in the upper house is
thus accentuated.
The herald., 1898-01-31
Why the Aspen Shakes

The quiver of the aspen leaves is due to
the fact of the leaf stalk being fiat on the
sides and so thin about the middle that
the slightest breath of wind sets all the
leaves wagging horizontally. A single
leaf plucked off and taken by the end of the
leaf stalk between the thumb and fore
finger admirably illustrates the peculiar
ity of the asDen
The herald., 1898-01-31
Source of the Gulf Stream

Recent Investigations by DR.. Linden
Kohl have shown that the principal source
of the gulf stream is not the Florida chan
mel, but the region between and beside the
islands of the West Indies. At Binioni the
volume of this warm lake is sixty times as
great as the combined volume of all the
rivers in the world at their mouths.
The herald., 1898-01-31

Mark Hanna and the administration
have succeeded in clubbing a large num-
Der of Ohio Republicans out of the party
who will be missed when the fall CAM
paign opens. But the bruises will be
felt long after that.
The herald., 1898-01-31

The Chicago Tribune makes the ludi-
crous mistake of crediting the bank
failures of 1898 to the Wilson tariff bill,
which took effect August 2s, 1894 The
masses
The herald., 1898-01-31
A Business Proposition

A large majority of the people are in ia
vor of taking possession of the water sys-
TEN at the proper time and in the proper
manner, paying the water company what
Is right and just for their improvements.
1t is a plain, simple business proposition
that ought to be settled without all this
noisy row. But while the question is SIM
pie enough if properly handled, 1t is not
a safe one to juggle with. The thing may
prove to be loaded at both ends.-East Los
Angeles News.
The herald., 1898-01-31
THE HERALD's LIBEL SUIT
The Pinnacle of Fame

The Los Angeles Herald has now reached
the pinnacle of fame, for it has $4,000
libel suit on hand. We are afraid Patton
has bitten off more than he can chew, and
we predict he will not make even cam
paign expenses" out of the suit, for The
Herald is too good a paper to make the as
sertion without proof that Patton was not
q fit person to be a bank commissioner
The herald., 1898-01-31
The Herald Not Alone

Harry Patton has begun a libel suit
for $4,000 against the Los Angeles Herald.
He took exceptions to an editorial in The
Herald that held that he was not the
proper sort of candidate for bank COM
missioner. There are lots of people who
agree with The Herald.-Ontario Record.
The herald., 1898-01-31

And now the good Mr.. Webb is
threatening to bring criminal libel suits
against everybody in newspaper row,
and particularly against the editor of
The Herald. Well, if we must go to
Jail, We must; but it would be awfully
lonesome there without Mr.. Webb.
The herald., 1898-01-31

Secretary Gage credits the gold re-
serve with but 100000, 900, although it
is known to be sixty odd millions in ex-
cess of that figure. But the administra-
tion knows what it is going to do with
the excess, should Mr.. Dingley's latest
of revenue fail to pan out.
The herald., 1898-01-31

Murderers who demand that they be
citation for the impoverished condition
of the people, few of whom can afford a
dress suit to live in.
The herald., 1898-01-31
Currents in the Atlantic

Experiments have been going on for the
past two years for the purpose of trying to
learn something of the characteristics of
the Atlantic ocean as great moving body
of water AS result, the whole Atlantic
is shown to be slowly circulating round
and round, like an enormous pool.
The herald., 1898-01-31
Does He Stand IMP

The Los Angeles Herald is reveling Ia
the anticipated pleasures of libel suit.
all because 1t said naughty things about
Harry Patton the Democratic warhorse.
The Herald should be careful, because
Harry islands in with the powers that
be-" dontcher know?-Colton News.
The herald., 1898-01-31

The editorial specialist of the Pasadena
News is about to have fit because, as he
says, of the split in the Democratic party
and the impossibility of fusion of the silver
forces in this county. 1t is a very difficult
matter to suit the Republican pull. They
rant and roar and call bad names, If the
silver forces fuse, and they go into hyster-
les for fear they will not fuse. This edi-
torial experiment can save himself much
unnecessary anxiety by waiting few
weeks. He will find that these little fam
lily difficulties in the Democratic party are
simply the forerunners of a united charge
upon the breastworks of the Republican
pull. If this editor will be patient, he will
get a full dose of fusion later on. He would
better repair the breastworks around the
courthouse and talk less.
The herald., 1898-01-31

Englands contention that the ports
of China shall be open to the commerce
of all nations alike, is a broad, Catholic
doctrine, to which this country can es-
pecially subscribe.
The herald., 1898-01-31
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as Is consistent with the
proper expression of their views)
The herald., 1898-01-31

1t is not at all remarkable that the
presidents late speech affected the Lon
don stock market. But the circum-
stance is not particularly creditable to
the president or reassuring to the al
The herald., 1898-01-31

The czar insists that George of Greece
must rule over Crete, and the sultan
takes his crow with unconcealed dis
dain.
The herald., 1898-01-31

The fate of the Hawaiian treaty
seems to be trembling in the balance
1t is now thought to depend upon the
votes and influence of Teller and Cor
man
The herald., 1898-01-31

A good deal is being said about Mexi-
can labor, but we do not observe that
it is anywhere being reduced as in New
England
The herald., 1898-01-31
It's Not So Live

The Los Angeles Herald is truly happy.
1t has a real, live libel suit on its hands,
in which Harry Patton wants it to dig up
$50,O00.-Santa Paula Sentinel.
The herald., 1898-01-31

The Galveston News wants Texans to
plant oranges. 1t really isn't so import
ant what Texans plant as what they
don't raise.
The herald., 1898-01-31

AS yet Blanco's has suppressed moth
ing but the Havana newspapers.