The herald., 1898-12-11

lose his position as chief counsel for the
Southern Pacific Rail
Herrin way company before
Is Done twelve months have
gone. He has made
the worst diplomatic mistake possible. Be
fore he played his famous senatorial gold
brick game on Mr.. Spreckels and Mr.. de
Young only one San Francisco paper was
an avowed enemy OF his company, and now
he has all three of the morning dailies. This
hostility means the loss of many times even
MIR. Herrin's large salary, and will not be
endured with equanmity by Mr.. Hunting
ton. The only happy man in the Yellow
Knockery is Mr.. Mills, who found himself
deposed when Mr.. Herrin came into power,
but who now is likely to be reinstated as
chief of the bureau of politics and literature.
.NIillsy" has been sidetracked for Herrin
and even made to do the latter's bidding
in his editorial columns of the Post and
Record, Union. while before the advent of
the attorney he was supreme and took a
hand in making senators and governors
himself "Millsy" is not much of II fighter,
but he can do heap of waiting for the other
fellow to die or make mistake such as
Herrin did, OF wiggling out of the frying
pan into the live Goals of the Calls and the
Chronicles roasts.
Herrin is not at all the fiend he has been
painted by those who have run counter to
him. He is in edu-
Dangerous cation, polish and
Enemy savoir faire far the
superior of "NIil1sy,"
who is a very raw person, who only
knows two methods of handling men, that of
taffyng or of bulldozing them. Up to the
present Herrin has done more for his com
pany than any other man they have had,
and this may possibly serve to keep him in
his place. He is very proud man, though,
and is far from dependent on Mr. Hunting
ton; he is also very powerful in many ways
and would be an awkward enemy for his
chief to handle.
/ forgot, in my calculations about his pos
sble downfall, two important factors on
his side, which are
To the Guy Barham and
Rescue John w. Mitchell
This beautiful brace
is in San Francisco to straighten out the
senatorial muddle for him. They are, both
Democrats, it is true, but in a little thing
like electng Republican senator that does
not matter
Henry Laub is one of the best knowp
commercial travellers on the coast His bus
mess leads him sew
Intrepid eral times a year
Sportsmen through Arizona, and
he often brings back
some rather large stories from that region
of vivid imaginatons The last time he
came home he was sitting in the office OF
the Abbotsford inn, talking to some friends
about the sun-kissed territory when he re-
marked that there was region there so
full of ferocous beasts that even veteran
hunters did not dare to venture in for any
time, more than enough to set their traps.
He was laughed at and jeered till he got
tired and swore he would prove his asser-
tions. So yesterday by mail the following
oorroboration came. 1t is commended to
those lovers of big game as indicating a
place where they can get their fill of danger
Gus sport:
''WILLCOX, Ariz., Dec. S,lS9S.
"Riley canyon, Guilleru mountains, fiji
teen or twenty miles west of Wilcox, con-
tains lions, wildcats, wolves, cinnamon and
black bear. 1t is so full OF blackjack brush,
which conceals the game, that no hunter
camps in there They 90 in to some open
place to set their traps and come away;
then go in next day to see what their traps
have caught; but no hunter will remain
there over night The noise at night is so
terrific that you couldn't keep your horse
still. 'WM. APPEL.
"WM. WHELAN.
"TES SCHWERTNY."
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County Clerk elect Charlie" Bell real
ICES that it is very different thing cooking
ones pudding and
Retrenchment eating it. If one has
Repudiated to borrow some in
gradients from a
neighbor to secure success one should surely
be ready to either share the pudding with
the creditor or repay what was borrowed.
Bell has got his pudding now and will soon
be slicing it, but he does not believe in part
ing with any, as long as he can possibly
avoid it. The Republican county conven-
tion pledged itself in favor of reducing the
colossal and preposterous expenses of coun-
ty government. Certain salaries could just
l. be reduced; certain deputies could prop
erly be dispensed with. This was a plank
of the platform on which Mr.. Bell sought
successfully the suffrages of his fellow citi-
zens. 1t is quite remarkable that at the
very first opportunity-after election-Mr
Bell repudiates any idea of reduction in his
own offce-at least.