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The herald., 1898-09-20
INDEPENDENCE IN POLITICS

In Yesterdays issue our morning con-
dependence in a man or newspaper"
Who that is himself worthy to be called
man would fail to commend that SEN
timent? And yet there are men, quickly
resentful of any imputation upon their
independence, who allow themselves to
be led as with halter when they are
within the magic circle Of politics. Who
can explain the phenomenon? Why
should man leave independence behind
him, as he would hang up hat and over
coat when he enters the door of politics :?
There was a notable manifestation Of
Independence by both men and news
papers few weeks ago. 1t was right
here In Southern California, and it was
specially conspicuous in Los Angeles.
The question of senatorial succession
was in the early stage Of agitation. No
fault was found with the incumbent of
the senatorship to be vacated next
March. Serator Whites services were
apr eciated and commended by men of
all shades of political opinion. But
Senator White is Democrat While
Republicans admired his courageous de-
fense Of the interests of Southern Cali
fo-n.a they had a natural preference for
q successor from the ranks of their own
party. That was the only point at issue
They wanted a Republican senator if
possible, but above all else they wanted
the interests Of this section protected in
the United States senate.
When it was first intimated that Mr.
Henry T. Gage had determined to enter
the Republican state convention as an
asp:rant for the gubernatorial nomina-
light of joke. 1t was not taken seri-
The herald., 1898-09-20
Spirits Direct the Warfare

It's a big mistake to suppose that the
American soldiers and generals were ac-
countable for the good results Of the war
with Spain or that Dewey and Schlcy had
anything to do with the brilliant achieve
ments of our navy. At least such Is the
inference to be drawn from q lecture of C
Spiritualist who recently gave a talk IN
Covington. KY, on What the Spirits
Thought Of the Late War With Spain.
This medium, Mrs. A. E. Kirby by
name. has advanced new ideas which will
rob Dewey. Hobson, Schley and shafter
Of their glory and make them but tha
agents of spirit generals. These spirits.
she said directed the war from the other
world The medium said that she was un.
der the direction from tho soldiers Of tho
other world and was being inspired by
them in her talk. She claims that ous gen.
erals were directed in dreams and by In
spiration and that there has been grent
rejoicing in the spirit world over the bat
ties fought.
"Our soldiers did good f1ghting." she
said but they were nothing more than
mere flgureheads and could have been dis
pensed with had the spirits so chosen"
She concluded her lecture by prophesyinG
that our troubles were not at an end and
that we would have more trouble with our
newly acquired territory.-Chicago Chron-
icle
The herald., 1898-09-20
PERSONAL ABUSE IN POLITICS

1: is a lamentable fact that in politics
there is less candor and fairness than
in other affairs. There are those who
seem to regard themselves as licensed to
do what would shock them in social and
business relations. Nothing should be
more seriously treated than questions
bearing upon the public interests, yet
they are often not only considered light
ly, but in spirit of malevolence. Politics
not only make strange bed-fellows, but
they involve men in broil and deadliest
conflict.
The Chronicle and Call of San Fan
cisco, the leading Republican organs of
the state, are engaged in parrot and
monkey fight. which originated in the
rival ambitions Of their respective own
ers. While they are tearing each others
hair, they are united in attacks upon
James G. Mcguire, whose private and
public life is above reproach. His views
are broad, generous and conservatively
progressive, yet because he has been
and is the consistent and persistent foe
of monopoly he Is charged With all man
ner Of -mindedness, and the Call has
even gone so far as to class him with the
assassin of the Austrian empress.
We can hardly suppose there is. any
thing in the climate Of San Francisco
that generates mendacity and vicious
ness, but the display of a libelous dlspo-
ston there is by no means novel. Poll
tics in that city have never been such
as could be commended as a model by
men who have high views in regard to
them. There is some cause that pro
vokcs to mendacity and viciousness in
our sister city, and one need not go far
to discover 1t. No city in America is so
monopoly ridden, and to maintain Its
clutch every corrupting influence is
resorted to.
Though intended otherwise the attacks
upon Mcguire do him no harm in the
minds of the masses. A profound think
er and gifted writer says: THAT man
who has the habit of uttering false
hood, should be disbelieved when he tells
the truth, is a part Of his natural and
Just punishment" The Chronicle and
Call will have to be more careful or they
will suffer from the application of that
philosophical principle.
Blu. it is not the harm that mendacity
may do individuals that is most ma
.erial. 1t has a debauchng effect upon
the public morals. A newspaper has lost
all power for good when what it states
as a fact produces no conviction of its
truth in the public mind. 1t is beneath
the character Of the American people to
d. base politics with the mere desire to
achieve victory for a man or a party re-
gariless Of the effect upon the public
welfare.
Such political methods lower us In the
minds of all good and intelligent people
and strengthen the argument OF mon
archists against popular government; ;
in fact, the tendency is to weaken the
attachment Of our own people to their
government
The herald., 1898-09-20
THE IMMOVABLE

am the All In this our glorious land:
I'm great
Aye, greater than the ruler Of the state!
| stand
Supreme,
And that's TO dream!
care not for
The havoc wrought by War;
scorn Disease, laugh at Hunger. and
At Wounds I Jest!
Men plan and order and command
I do the rest!
With me there Is one way and only one
In which things may be done!
Though hideous danger lurk about,
Though Death stand grinnlng at the door
1 never swerve! Through gloom and doubt
move serenely a before.
Though sun, moon stars and ail
Were to fall,
Dost think that I
Would swerve a jot
From my
Accustomed course?
l should say not!
There Is no earthly force
To which I bend the knee,
And even Heaven might protest in vain to
me!
| laugh at Death, I scorn Disease.
I jest at Hunger--why?
Such trifles, such contemptuous things as
these
Are far too small to interfere with nv
Arrangements. When once I shape
My course, there 1t must lie
For I,
AS you have doubtless guessed. am the
Hon. Red Tape!
-Cleveland
The herald., 1898-09-20

ousJy by either the newspapers or the
prominent individual members Of the
party. 1t was not thought that Mr..
Gage, or any other man having at heart
the best interests Of this section, would
attempt to destroy Southern CALIFORNIA; s
prospects for continued representation
In the United States senate.
At this stage Of the proceedings, let 1t
be remembered. nobody had even
dreamed Of the possibility of retaining
the senatorship and also capturing the
governorship. Such an idea would have
been mercilessly ridiculed If 1t had been
broached. The simile Of the tail wag-
ging the dog would have been made
quate to express public contempt for
such a suggestion.
Mr.. Cages official announcement of
his candidacy was surprise to his
party. and to the public. notwithstand-
Ing the vague intimations that had been
given out. 1t was rightfully regarded
as home thrust at the material inter-
ests Of Southern California, with no jus
t!flcat!on but the ambition of an indi-
viduai. In fact. Mr.. Gage did not pre-
tend that he was moved by any other
consideration. He said, substantially,
that the governorshln Of California was
worthy of any mans ambition. and there
was no reason why he should not aspire
to 1t. The position was utterly selfish.
but his right to hold It could not be dis
putcd.
Hut how about that Independence In
man or newspaper" which our con-
temporary rightfully admires? The
Republican press Of Southern California
unanimously opposed and even ridi-
culed Mr.. Cages pretension. While no
objection was made to him on personal
ground, it was pointed out clearly and
unQuestlonably, that the success of his
candidacy would necessarily rob this
section of an advocate and defender in
the United States senate. The news
papers accurately expressed the senti-
mehts Of at least nine-tenths Of the Re
publican party. The only palliative was
the conviction that Mr.. Gage would not
be able to secure the nomination.
There has been nothing, since the
first expression of press and individual
opinlcn, calculated to change the stu
alton as 1t appeared at the outset
Every syllable uttered then, pertaining
to the swap of senator for a governor,
Is lust as forceful now The whole oues-
ton, reduced to its essential element
is whether the home interests Of this
section shall suffer because of the per-
soral ambition of a man who heads a
ticket nominated and supported by Coils
+. Huntington and his henchmen.
The herald., 1898-09-20
Russia's Aggressions

"a few years hence European Russia Will
be linked to the Pacific. Her Siberian and
Mantchurian provinces will be Joined
through Southern Mantchuria with the
Liaotung peninsula. The hinterland OF that
peninsula will be traversed by railways. Its
great mineral wealth will have entered
upon the initial stage of development. The
Strategic positons-Port Arthur. Talien-
wan. Kinchau-held by Russia, guarding
this hinterlapd and commanding the inland
Chinese waters, and dominating Peking
and Northern China absolutely, will have
been completed. Corea will be held In a
wise. to be dealt with later, Japan being
meanwhile placated by an illusory free
hand there, and being pushed southwark
on the .room-for-two' theory. Germany will
develop her hinterland from Kiao-Chau.
and, by reason Of her position In Europe
and In China, will be hostage to fortune
in that place. France, In the
south, the junior partner in the Franco
Russian alliance, which is to drive In
wedge--not necessarily a territorial one
between Burmah and the Upper Yangtsze.
She will also endeavor to hinder our con-
nections, through the western and northern
hin;erlands of Hong Kong. with Yunnan
on the west and the Central Yangtsze on
the north. Japan. having come to an ar
rangement with Russia regarding Corea,
has acquired hold upon the Fukien prov
ince, with aspirations to a hinterland for
that province. encouraged always by Rus
sia. The next stage will be the Russian
DONNA, zion Of Mongolia and. unless ar
rested by Britain. of Thibet also; and,
should this come to pass, nothing can save
Northwestern China down to the Yangtsze
ba sin. From Mr.. Colquhoun's new book
"China In Transformation"
The herald., 1898-09-20
A FEW FACTS

Mr.. Mcguire went down to Los Angeles
the other day to attend political conven-
tion. There were railroad locomotives and
railroad shops in Los Angeles that day.
but they were not noisy.
Mr.. Gage went down to Los Angeles soon
after. The railroad whistles were all
turned loose and made joyous. deafening
din.
Mr.. Mcguire went down to Los Angeles In
an ordinary car and paid his fare.
Mr.. Gage went down to Los Angeles in o
private car. which the conductor at Tracy
told passenger not to enter. as 1t was re-
served for the next governor Of the state.
MIR. Mcguire addressed a political meet
lag In Los Angeles. People came to It
and the railroad made the usual rates.
Mr. Gage also addressed political meet
ing In Los Angeles. The railroad kindly
made the unusual rate Of one fare for the
round trip.
Mr. Gage Indignantly asks by what right
he is clnssed as a railroad candidate. The
foregoing facts are respectfully submitted
for his consideration. Perhaps he can find
a reason In them.-Stockton Mail.
The herald., 1898-09-20
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER go, 1898.
NO PLACE FOR RAILROAD TOOLS

ANY political body that expects to i'm
press the public with Its sincerity O.
purpose should make its actions square
with its declarations. 1t cannot pla,
coed lord aud good devil very long with
out being found out.
The present Democratic campaign II
California IL an anti-monopoly cam
pagn, if it is anything. This is de-
termined both by the platform Of thu
state convention and the character OF
the men nominated on that platform
It is emphasized by the fact that the
railroad ring captured the machinery OF
the Republican party. named Its ticket
and has come out openly In support Of
that ticket.
The keynote Of the campaign, as
sounded by Judge Mcguire and Senator
White, is anti-monopoly. and we be-
lieve that the great masses of the Demo
cratic. Silver Republican and Populist
parties that have Joined their forces for
this fight are actuated by the most sim
cere anti-monopoly sentiments.
These facts being conceded, 1t be-
hooves the Democratic county conven-
tion which Is to assemble at Santa
Monica today to make its actions square
with the declared purposes Of the party
and place itself in hearty sympathy
with the masses Of the allied parties
This 1t should do by Its actions no less
than in the words Of its platform.
If the convention today finds that it is
harboring among its members some OF
the stool-pigeons Of the railroad-if II
discovers in its camp traitors who have
hitherto compromised the party and who
are now secretly planning its defeat
the one consistent thing for the conven-
tion to do is to pitch them out. High
sounding declarations against the
monopoly will avail nothing with the
public unless the action is suited to
the word. On certain notable occasion
the devil himself showed that he could
quote scripture. The tools of the rail-
road will readily formulate anti-monop-
oily resolutions IL only they may be al
lowed to name the candidates and pull
the political strings.
Hence, We say, the sincerity Of the
Democratic convention today will be
judged by the manner in which it handles
the three or four railroad agents who
have sneaked In and whose efforts in be-
half Of their master have already been
exposed. genuine anti-monopoly
convention is no place for them.
The herald., 1898-09-20
BETTER BACK OUT

The wisest course for the president is
to abandon that farcical project for in
vest.gating certain branches of the war
department, His complete failure to
gather a creditabe committee gives him
an opportunity to slip out of a disa- =
sreeable situation. 1t Is no fault Of his
his apologists can claim, If investigation
.s rendered impracticable by the i'm
possibility Of getting the investigators
The presidents proposed investiga-
ton, unlike one ordered by congress,
would be impotent and useless. 1t would
The herald., 1898-09-20
The Poorly Paid Private

There are men in the ranks of volunteer
regiments who left positions paying them
from s1Co to $50 month who are paid but
$3.50. There are officers who are enjoying
much larger salaries in the service than
they obtained at home, captains getting
$500, colonels $500 and other officers from
lieutenant up accordingly. This is unfair.
1t may be all right In the armies where the
private soldier is simply a machine and his
officer has to do all his thinking for him.
But tho American soldier Is not that kind
of a fellow.-Minneapolis Journal.
The herald., 1898-09-20

In it's anxiety to find someone to keep
company with in the present campaign,
ou- esteemed contemporary, the Times,
stretches out both arms to the Ventura
Democrat, but the Times in it's cordial
embrace twists Its protege's utteran nces
out CT all recognition. No one, probably
will be more surprised than the editor OF
the Democrat when he reads the Times
interpretation Of his frank remarks con-
cerning his support Of the Democratic
ticket and his opposition to Republican
candidates.
The herald., 1898-09-20
PHYSICAL TRAINING

The importance of physical training
In public schools has laNerly been ad-
vanced, in some localities almost to the
level of mental culture. Boston, always
an assumed leader in educational mat
ters, is just now taking a decided step
in this direction. The system Of Swed-
ish educational gymnastics was intro
duced in the Boston schools ten years
ago, and its success has been so marked
that it will be materially amplf1ed dur
ing the next school term.
The primary object of the plan adopted
in Boston is ito develop quick and re-
sponsive mind" Various games. devices
and manipulations have been introduced.
aiming to quicken and develop the intel
lect Of the pupil.
a feature Of physical training distinct
from mental effort is growing in favor
in eastern schools. That Is, the manner,
carriage and behavior Of the pupil. This
sort Of training is presumably practiced
already to some extent, in many OF the
schools, but the results are not salts
factory. An observation Of school child
rem on the street indicates the need OF
an effective course of instruction in this
respect.
This need Is quite apparent in Los An
geles. The walk, attitude and carriage
Of school children are often glarngly
faulty. In this respect We are behind
European cities, though the military
idea prevalent in Europe is perhaps
largely the cause of the attention given
to the carriage and general manner OF
children as they appear In public. Men
tai culture should not be forced to the
detriment of physical training.
The herald., 1898-09-20
One Weakness Of Russia

We are In the habit OF thinking of Rus
sla as a compact. powerful nation. able
to crush any other single nation on the
face of the earth. On paper she has the
largest army and It would seem that Just
by mere force Of numbers she ought 10
prove irresistible. But when we consider
that there considerably more than 100 ma
tionalities In Russia and that more than
fifty languages are spoken there. the idea
Of solidarity vanishes and we see the ele-
ments of weakness in an overgrown mon
ster.-Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The herald., 1898-09-20

National sympathy will go out to Mrs.
jefferson Davis in her bereavement by
the death of her daughter. who was
called "the daughter Of the econfederacy."
days.
The herald., 1898-09-20

Sixteen per cent Of sick soldiers In
General Lawton's command at Santiago
dicates the grave responsibility we In
cur IN placing large bodies Of American
soldiers in strange lands and unfamiliar
climates
The herald., 1898-09-20

That successful railway hold-up near
Council Bluffs indicates that train rob-
bc-s are moving eastward where they
can follow their profession with COM
raraiiye safety
The herald., 1898-09-20

General Greeley Of the signal service
has been warmly commended for snub-
birg political traffickers who approached
him. He might be able to escape such
fellows In the east, but If he were out
here in California there would be no
escape for him except by his balloon.
The herald., 1898-09-20

Secretary Alger Is credited with say
ing that the criticisms on the war de-
partment will have "a bad effect on
our military reputation abroad" The
secretary does not seem to feel that
his own reputation is susceptible to
further damage.
The herald., 1898-09-20

TIE absolute rottenness Of the French
military service in it's higher strata Is
shown by the confession Of Count Ester
hazy He says that "out of the thousand
documents making up the Dreyfus case
] know that six hundred are forged"
must be about as it was at the close
Of :he empire. Louis Napoleon, relying
upon the army rolls in 1871, thought he
had an army that could thrash the Ger
mans But his army was an egg-shell,
from within which yelk and albumen n
had been sucked dry by military rascals
of high degree.
The herald., 1898-09-20

The extraordinary behavior Of Mount
Vesuvius indicates that the thickenins
process. in the earth's crust. goes on very
slowly. In the first century the old VOL
cano did its worst, within historical
times. but there is grave fear that an
other destructive outburst Is impending
The herald., 1898-09-20
Private eanttArfl

they must not take him for fool He
knows what he is doing. He knows that II
the legislature shall be Republican. and II
he shall have the good graces Of Uncle
Colns, his fondes: hopes may be realized.
He knows also that he. or any other man,
cannot be elected senator by Republican
legislature without the consent OF Hunt
ing,on. De Young is playing deep game
He is playing 1t with the octopus and hopes
to dupe the Republican party and the people
Of this state. The railroad. no doubt, will
find In him a useful man and his paper a
useful medium for disseminating false
hoods. But let It be hoped that both the
railroad and De Young will not be able to
fool all the people all the time and that
they will see the necessity for turning the m
both down.
James e. withrow is a candidate before
the Democratic convention for nomination
for county assessor. Mr. Withrow has been
for some years associated with the Title
Insurance and Trust company in capac-
ity that has made him familiar with the
work of the assessors office. Formerly he
served for several years In the office of
the assessor at Kansas City. Mr.. Withrow
Is thoroughly competent to I'LL the onice
to which he aspires. and he Is most highly
recommended for personal integrity.
n. e. Devore writes to The Herald n
hearty Endorsement OF DR.. d. r. Hancock
Of Redondo, who is an aspirant for the
nomination for assemblyman at the hands
of the Democratic convention. A caucus Of
Democrats and Populists has already in
dorsed DR.. Hancock.
The Herald Is requested to state, from
the best source possible. that the mention
of the name of William r. Burke in con-
nectlon with the nomination for county
treasurer or any other office Is entirely un-
authorized.
MEGAPHONE.
The herald., 1898-09-20

Yankee ingenuity in German Is what
we might call that scheme to utilize the
president, secretary of war, United
states ambassador at Berlin, ct al, for
the purpose of advertising a brand Of
German wine. 1t was an offer Of one
thousand bottles Of wine FOR the Amer
icon sick soldiers" a red wine worth
possIbly twenty cents bottle, at first
cost Our California wine men Will
have to brush up their wits.
The herald., 1898-09-20
Uprooted Trees Still Live

The "life tree" OF Jamaica grows and
thrives for months after being upr ,oted
and exposed to the sun.
The herald., 1898-09-20

The italian government has found
another opportunity. to make things un-
Pleasant for the pope. 1t was the inten-
tion Of the pope to send delegate to the
cars peace conference in response to
tn invitation, but the Italian govern
inert gives notice that II will not be rep
resented II, the vatican is.
The herald., 1898-09-20

The progress of amity between tht
United States and England will stoI
The herald., 1898-09-20

Oui morning contemporary Is contem-
plating our national progeny. 1t says
Porto Rico Is our adopted child; Cuba
Is to be our ward: but what shah be
our relationship to the Philippines?" II
looks now as II 1t would be about the
same as that Of the chicken rancher
with his gun and the coyotes bowling in
the distance.
The herald., 1898-09-20

with snap. The London health au-
thorities have issued a warning against
the use of American chewing gum. which
is becoming the rage among children
in the east end" They say 1t Is more
dangerous than the Ice cream which
Italians sell in the streets" Not an
other word from John Bull about an
Anglo American alliance, after that.
The herald., 1898-09-20

writer of the Times gives an ap-
eru California citrus fruit product for
the past year. He puts the total f. o. b..
value of oranges and lemons shipped at
s., ,491792.S0. The freight on this ship
n.ent is $4,526. .334.SO. In the division be-
:ween the growers and the railways 1t
IS e pleasure to know that the growers
got the larger share.
The herald., 1898-09-20

There must be some mistake in that
dispatch about the assassin Of the en-
press belonging to "a gang OF anarchists
who went from Europe to the United
States two years ago, and who had for
their object the assassinat tiom Of crowned
heads" There are no crowned heads in
the United States, and we hope II Is not
misprint for bald heads.