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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
SELECTING THE FREEHOLDERS

The citizens Of Los Angeles should lose
no time in getting action on the prelim-
inaries of the election for fifteen freehold
ers who are to draft new charter. The
freeholders cannot be selected in conven-
ton, for the reason that the law requires
days before the election. and the or
dinance passed by the council names July
Sth as the date of the election.
The candidates will have to be NOM
mated by petition, and that within two
weeks time, as the petitions must be
filed fifteen days before the election. No
petition is valid unless it bears signatures
to the number of at least three per cent
election.
While nomination by petition, as anex-
elusive method, is not calculated to give
complete and genera. satisfaction, it is
the only course that lies open to the peo-
pie of Los Angeles. There will doubtless
be large number of candidates, and the
diverse interests involved will be well
represented. 1t is going to be an ex-
tremely difficult matter to select in this
way the fifteen men who are best quail
fed to formulate new charter, and the
greatest care and vigilance should be ex-
ercised.
1t will not do to put off the nominations
until the last day. Let us have no foolish
virgin business in our charter making.
Every citizen and every business and
political organization legitimately in
terested in the proposed new charter
ought to assist in the choice of free
holders ticket. The situation calls for
| in which to file petitions.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
FOREIGN OPINIONS

Prince Bismarck entertains an anus
ing, if not very accurate idea of the raison
detre of our war with Spain. The prince
is not at all delighted at the easy grace
with which Admiral Dewey disposed of
the Spanish fleet nor does he hail with
pleasure the uniform success thus far
attending our arms. In this he but shares
the views of the aristocratic circles of
continental Europe. The people-the real
people-everywhere when they know the
facts, are our friends. But the aristo-
Gratis do not like us. They hate, above
all things, to see us extend our territorial
lines. The prince, in recent interview,
admits that we are "a growing and pow
erful people," but says that we are de-
ficient in politeness. His fitness to judge
in that behalf may be doubted. He ac-
cuses the administration of insircerity,
and asserts that the present war is due
ito systematic American provocation;"
that we are adopting an intermeddling
policy in European affairs, and that our
change of front means retrogression for
civilization" All of which being inter
preted means that we have shown spirit
and capacity, and, above ALL thus far have
achieved success in our contest with one
of the old aristocratic kingdoms of
Europe. The princes opinion is fair re-
fiex of that entertained of us by all the
aristocratic circles on the other side of
the Atlantic, with the single exception
of England
The popular voice of Europe, while
equally in error touching the real cause
and purpose of our war with Spain, is of
friendlier tone. At bottom the sympa-
thy of the masses Of the European peo-
Piles is with us.
The newspaper Vorwaerts, the organ of
the German Social Democrats, while evil
dencing an inaccurate conception of the
facts of the case, is not so pessimstic as
'the man of blood and IRON" Says that
journal:
The great republic on yonder side of
the ocean, without castles, mobiles or
standing army, has suddenly sprung
out of her position of neutrality to-
ward Europe; and one European state,
which has slaughtered myriads of men
wrestling for freedom, is undone. 1t is
a new power-no mlitarism, no huge
fleet, yet an overwhelming, mighty, ele-
mental power. Even if an alliance
with England comes to nothing, the
new American position in the far east
crosses every combination hitherto
made.
The music of Dewey's victorious guns
accounts for this questionable praise
The recent gratifying change of tone
| towards this country in France is due to
clever knowledge of the issue Joined be-
tween US and Spain. The facts of the case,
wherever known, are sure to secure for
the United States the respect and SYM
pathy of all Christendom, outside of
Spain. The late arrival in this country
Of M. Robinson, representing LIE Temps
and LIE Matin, two of the most widely
read of the partisan journals, who
will send trustworthy intelligence con-
corning the cause and progress of the war
to those papers, will Go much in the way
of enlightening Europe in this matter;
our victory, sooner or later, over Spain
will do the rest.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Recovering French Treasure

For many years local legend in Frank.
fort-on-the- Main had it that a big treas
ure of gold lay buried in the Main river
just beneath the big old bridge. On NOON
light nightst 1t was said, one could see the
gold glisten in the water. Recently the
fact became patent that there must be a
foundation for the old tradition, for skip
pers steadily tished up gold pieces from the
river bed in the vicinity named. At last
the Prussian government made thorough
investigation, and within week one treas
ure at least was brought to light-about
1900 French gold coins of the times from
Louis XIV to Louis XVIII, as we'll as Of
the first republic. This is evidently part
of French war treasure lost or buried
there during the troublesome Napoleon
period.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
SWINGING THE TROOPS

In estimating the risks to be encoun-
tered by our soldiers in Cuba and the
Philippine islands the fact should not be
lost sight of that both of those places are
within the tropics, and that the troops
in the field should be equipped so as to
minimize the dangers to health incident
to tropical climate. To secure for SOL
diers on the picket line, in camp or
bivouac, in the malarial districts all the
comfort possible to a tropical climate
and not inconsistent with military duty,
is most wise and economic precaution.
The briefer the sick list the more effe ctiye
the troop and the less the impediments of
the army.
1t was doubtless some such wise con-
sideration that prompted the recent order
of the secretary of war for the purchase
Of forty thousand hammocks for the use
of our soldiers in the hot nights and
malarial swamps of Cuba and the Phil
ippines during the pending campaigns.
Hammocks. rather than blankets, are
necessary for comfort in the tropics.
They are easily swung or unrigged, min
imize the dangers Of malaria and the bites
of venomous insects, and provide for the
weary soldier the luxury Of a compare
lively dry sleeping place, even after the
proverbial heavy rains of the tropics.
Let us count one for General AIger for
his timely and considerate action in this
direction. 1t is not every day we have
the pleasure of complimenting the Sec
rotary of war touching the up-to-date
soundness of his martial wisdom and
foresight.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
COUNTY AND CITY FUSION

1t is still question whether fusion OF
the silver forces will be achieved this
year on the state ticket. There is reason
to hope that a combination will vet be
effected. The matter is in good hands
and il union can be formed upon fair
and honorable terms it will be accom-
be made by every opponent of the in
iquitous single-gold standard.
The fusion question however, will not
cease to be Of interest when the matter
Of the state ticket shall have been de-
cided. Republicanism, and all that it
implies, is unalterably opposed to the
principles advocated by the Democrats,
the Populists and the Silver Republicans,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

event that the president is forced to show
his hand. regarding territorial acquisi-
ton, before the party in its organized
capacity can be heard from, the party will
have no alternative but to endorse his
acts, whatever they may happen to be-
for the king can do no wrong.
The opposition. with no executive con-
science to keep. and no leading strings
pulling it hither and thither, will be I'M
hampered in its choice of policy touch
ing the new issues, and need be controlled
by no other influences, and inspired by
no other motives, than the traditional
Democratic doctrine of the greatest good
to the greatest number.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Another Cryptogram

To the Editor of The Los Angeles Herald.
The following mysterious words were de-
ciphered in an old, worn and faded manu-
script, fished from the debris of an internal
revenue office:
"Gi hands uga ris go odfort heb ell va
chez
Can you give the language and transla-
ton of the same?
HONEST INQUIRER.
(Our correspondent should have subs
scribed himself Honest and Stupid In
quirer." Let him respace the letters and
he will see that the sentence reads: "Hot
toddy will cure the stomach-ache."
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
THE YALE MAN FLED

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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Are Like Heroes of 1912

That good men with poor ships are bet.
ter than poor men with good ships" has
ever been navy motto. Fortunately for
the United States, foreign experts all de-
clare she has good men with good ships,
And it is this that gives reason for the con-
fidence the nation displays in its defenders
Men like Sampson, Schley and Sigsbee
would do wonders with a tugboat.-Phila-
delphia Press.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
How He Won Her

"If were man." she said ''you would
not find me here today. I'd be away, fight
ing for my country
IF you were man." he replied, ''you
would not find me here today, either. I, too,
would be away, fighting for my country.
After that all he had to do wassto gain
papa's consent.-Cleveland Leader.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

The secretary of the war board of the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa-
ton informs The Herald, in a type
written press notice, that 1.-The soldiers
(who are expected today will be received
and entertained solely and exclusively
by the war board" and the ladies of the
different Relief Corps" The war
boards embargo upon the hospitality of
Los Angeles will be resented, but pre-
sumably the public will be admitted to
the depot on the payment of small fee
or a salaam to the secretary of the
war board"
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Going to Stay in Needles

Oh, yes, we are going to stay in Needles
this summer. Can't get away, you know,
unless we float down the river. If We had
our back subscriptions collected we could
hire a special train and take our creditors
out for a time, but what was, what might
be, and that which will be has urged upon
us the necessity of summering in Needles.
Anyway, We don't believe 1t is as suffering
hot as these people who don't stay here
would have us believe.-Needes Eye.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
The Kodak

I took her in picture hat,
She scolded me about the pose:
1 took her sitting on mat,
took her smelling at rose.
In every way, in every place,
took her. Still she pouted at
The proofs 1t was not like her facet
She hadn't such nose as that!
Failing to reproduce her charms,
What else was left (yet fearing quite)
At last took her in my arms,
And then, 1t seemed, the pose was right
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
A Southern View

1--WE couldn't lick the Yankees in 1861.
and id IL We'll let anyone else lick EN-
now"
So said an ex-Confederate soldier and
southerner, now living in Iowa, the other
day. Whoever undertakes to lick the Yam
KEGS and Confederates together will wish
they had let out the job. as Spain already
does.-Pomona Progress.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Fooled

Admitting Cupid went one day
And met a maiden in the way
maid Of meditative mein
He drew his bow; his arrow keen
Sped to the damsePs breast, and hit
And fell. She stopped and handed it,
And showed the blunted arrowhead.
-Pick-Me-Up.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

The American minister to Hayti in
sisted upon using the English language
in sending an official dispatch to the
American consul at Gonaives, despite the
protest of the Haytien government
Plain United States was good enough,
and it went"
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

lessons and a few morals to be drawn
from the incident, but the men who went
to law and then tried to get out of pay
ing their costs ought to be fined for con-
tempt of court. The jury ought to be sent
to hold Manila. They would never let
it get away
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

Japan and China are kicking up another
muss. A Chinese mob attacked Japan
ment is now trying to gobble what Ger
many, Prussia and France have left of
the Celestial empire. The Japs learn very
quickly.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

The captain of British cruiser which
put in at Las Palmas, Grand Canary,
felt impelled to exercise every prccaution
lest another Maine .treachery should be
attempted. 1t is evident that at least one
English naval captain has adopted the
external explosion theory.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
CALIFORNIA OPINION
Not So Bad

Our interior exchanges reflect the senti-
ment that the season is not to be so bad for
producers, after all. The grain men say
there will be larger yield than was antici-
pated, and up in Butte, for instance, they
foretell the largest crop of cereals for many
years.-Sacramento Record Union.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

If any of the California home guards
insist upon having a fight they can go
down to Tiburon island and get after
the canabalistic Cert Indians, who MUIR
dered Captain Porter last fall.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

If the new Main street paving is to
see how far it is to China, the street might
as we'll have been left in its previous hor-
rible condition.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

A Los Angeles man is reported to have
fallen heir to a million dollar estate in
England. Those who are minded to call
on him and incidentally borrow a few
dollars, need not hurry about it. He
hasn't got the money yet.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
A Republican Comment

That fuse with which 1t is proposed to con-
meet the Democrats and Populsts seems in
clined to go off prematurely The more it Is
brought into evidence the more it is seen
that 1t Is not going to do either of the parties
in question any good.-Ookland Tribune.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Dollars in the Hat

Quite number of our subscribers have
dropped in this week and dropped dollars
into the hat and made the editor smile..-
Kingman (Arizon) Mineral Wealth.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Appreciated at Nogales

The Los Angeles Herald is one of the
best papers on the coast. 1t arrives with
the latest war news and 1t is full free
silver paper in politics.-Nogales (Ariz.)
Gazette.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Shopping Experiences

The most disagreeable individual with
whom to go shopping is the ont who is
always asking your opinion about things
and never taking it.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Get It Right

Don't call it the Hispano-American war.
Spanish American" is English and plenty
good enough. 1t will be the American
Spanish war before the fight is over.-Bos-
ton Globe.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

The Spaniards did not want to remem-
Der the Maine, but they have received 81
many reminders of late that they have
been unable to forget it.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

1t is understood that Senator Hanna
is also dissatisfied because the progress
of the war is so slow. He would like to
make it slower STILL
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Among those who are going to the

Among those who are going to the
Philippines is Mr.. Bryan of Nebraska.
Evening Express.
Such is on par with the pusillanimous
attitude of a majority of Republican or
gans, which have objected to the idea
of the silver champions serving his
country in any capacity military or civil.
William Jennings Bryan has received his
commission as a colonel in the United
States volunteers, and Colonel Bryan, not
Colonel Bryan, as some Republican
papers insist, may be expected to do his
full duty.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

Colonel Richard Henry Savage, the
italicized novelist, has been made an Of
ficer in the volunteer army. Steve Crane
Is still out in the cold.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

The news reaches Madrid of a great
Spanish victory at Santiago de Cuba
What pity it is they do not hang liars
in Spain.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

Senator Thurston classes President
Mckinley with Abraham Lincoln. Mr..
Mckinley should require an affidavit
with that opinion.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

Promoter Hooley of London is in deep
water. Hooley was to big commercial en-
terprises what Barney Barnato was to
South African mining schemes. The cap
ital of the companies promoted by him
aggregated s6OOOO,OOO, and it has al
ready deprecated 40 Fer cent. The fools
are not all dead yet.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

The French cabinet has resigned. The
ministry of France changes oftener than
pretty woman's mind.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

AS The Herald predicted would be the
case, the fears Of the teachers that there
would be general horizontal reduction in
salaries for next year was unfounded.
teachers Chose who have served less than
two years. suffer reduction, while those
who have served longer period are
benefited. The total salary expenditure
will be increased next year, and about
two-thirds of the teachers, it is under
stood, are favorably affected. The Her
aid rejoices with the teachers in the out
come of the annual revision Of salaries.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Popular Tendencies

Military gray stationery, cadet blue dress
goods and brass buttons even on UNDER
clothes show the popular tendency for the
moment.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Any Old Way Will Do

You can pronounce Schley's name any
way you please; he will get there just the
same.-Sacramento Record-Union.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

The president may need a strategy
board next fall, to plan retreat for his
party.
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A First-Class Paper

| The Herald has be taking some won
derful advances in the last few months.
and is a first-class paper-Randsburg
Miner.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

Building castles in Spain" promises to
become dangerous enterprise if the war
Is not brought to an early close.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09
Wrinkles in Their Place

Wrinkled gloves are all the rage, but
wrinkles in the gown are decidedly IN
slightly.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

brought to light at yesterdays meet
ing of the fire commission. 1t ap-
pears that the department has only one
trained horse in reserve, and in case of
accident to more than one quadruped
some one of the engines must remain in
the house. 1t is inexplicable that there
should be any opposition to the just de-
mands of the fire chief for proper supply
of horses.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

The directors of the chamber of COM
merce, and other public spirited citizens,
will continue to make life miserable for
the secretary of war and other Washing
ton officials who show any disposition to
beleaguer the item in the sundry civil bill
for the beginning of the construction of
breakwater at San Pedro. kilograms
were yesterday dispatched by the cham
Der of commerce president to the chair
men of the committees on appropriations
to this effect. San Pedro habor is just as
live a question as it was before the war.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-09

Two men at Santa Ana went to law
over a matter of So, and the jury, after
reaching a verdict, refused to hand it
paid. Neither plaintiff nor defendant
would put up the money, so the jury
withheld its verdict. There are several