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Cricket GoSsip.

There was q meeting Of the Executive COMMITTEES
Of the Metropolitan District Cricket League aA the
Vanderbilt Hotel on Friday night, Tho Secretary
announced that the replies received from those
selected TO play In the contemplated game between
New York and Philadelphia had been most uRAAts-
factory. and that Il would DO impossible TO get out .
representative team. Rather than send out . weak
eleven the committee decided II. would be botter 70
The league will play an all-dAy game with 3 teAm
of the New York Cricket Association on ThursdAy,
Aug. ii, and q m OF three, comprising r. I.
Rokeby, I. 7; Kelly. and Jerome flannery. wlA ap-
pointed 20 select the league team and make arTaneo-
ments for the game. Some doubt has been eIpresaed
regarding the AdviHAbility of assuming the reaponsl-
bility OF the contemplated game with the English
team which will DO here next month, but . reBoluuon
In favor OF playing WAS passed ana there H. no dou0l
that the EnglAhmen will be seen here IL suitAbi6
arrangements can be made.
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+GREENw1cH. July 16.-The' Fairfield County
dof Club scoreda great victory to-day when IL
defeated the heretofore invincible Dyker
IM ass 81 vbs 0 ssssa SS 80 to f. q 2,sj Il was SS 1hs sf first de de;
1t kindly and win endeayor to return the COM
pliment on Ang. 20. Find1ay Douglass, the
the course. covering the nine holes In. IS, two
better than any previous record. His record
was:
out. ........B 8 a.s 8 $50
In. .............A 8 4 Z o 3 4 4 4-86-7A
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"a the morning the Semi-ihSlS for the. Con-
* Pell. otsego. defeating ], b. Teller. Auburn,
TX SSn and 2 70 play. and n Arthur coRpsl.
GT SsssE.1 By y ] T9a AID f1 , 4 T SAY s M t 6SlnS
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Trap Shooting.

LoNa BRANCH. July 16.-The finish In the
bird allowance handicap this afternoon be-
tween H. Yale Dolan. the Riverton crack. and
Phil DAILY, Jr.. OF this place was the most excit-
ing witnessed at the Elkwood Park traps this
season. Both marksmen were In excellent
condition and IL was difficult TO select a choice.
although Dolan had the most followers at the
score. The Rlverton crack. after tying DAILY.
Toland. and Patten with nineteen kills out OF a
possible twenty, had another advantage over
bis fourth bird In the shoot-on. stepped
iTSn s the score 1ei 4 T palFsa DSS Grd Y YasP
GIqSrterer. IL fell dead out Of bounds, eiIed
with shot. The opening event. the Half-Hollday
ten BIRDS without q break. Doisn.T TSiafnd, and
paly each lost one; D9lan was a fayoTite In
t%a b hIaadaiGs Issip Ait oSIy tTo ne R sSS5 a5 Td 1Grty-
another Rlyerton crack looked like a sure win
ner In the handicap which Qolan won. He was
the beginning Of the eighteenth round. when
he dropped a fast driver. He was unfortunate
% the sho9t-oi in iosing his second bird out Of
Bird Allowance Handicap. 20 btrdsj $40 entrance;
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Shelter Island Yaehtsmsn Entertain tbs
Women. 4
SHELTER IGLAHD. July 16.-Ths Women'S day re-
RattA OF the Shelter Island Yacht Club WAS sailed over
Course 2 todAy. The wind was west. Summarizes;
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NEW BRuHsWIcK.

STAMFORD. July 16.-The driving contests
which were held on the links OF the Wee Burn
Golf Club this afternoon proved fully as attrac-
tive. and interesting as the contests OF last
week. There was q very large number OF
entries. The yomen and men making the
three longest drives were: Miss Genevieve
Hecker. 1876 yArds q feet 2 inches; Miss May
Brown. III yards / foot Miss Gertrude Leavitt,
inches j. d. Hocker 100 yards 1foot.
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The comnlefa ecora was.

James Meoutcheon won the mems sweep
stakes in the morning.
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Total 40 Total
The herald., 1898-10-05
ABOUT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE

; The Los Angeles Times, an unques-
toned Republican authority, in it's is
sue of September 18th, says:
Heelers, banditti and freebooters, ac-
cording TO their high and mighty pleas
ure, in back rooms of groggeries, par
celed out the sheriff's office to gang
of professional politicians, who have
cursed and bedeviled the people for
years.
In corroboration of the above, as we
take it, the platform of the Los Angeles
county Republican convention (Septem-
Der, 1889 says:
We resent as inimical to our form of
government and its free Institutions any
and every attempt to use public place
in the manipulat ton or control of the
voter in conventions assembled, AMI
we deprecate as demoralizing to the
public service and as unjust to the tax
payers the growing tendency of public
officials and their deputies TO sp nd
their time, that belongs to the public,
in political work and political manage
ment.
The above, we think is a general con-
demnation of the present courthouse
ring, but we desire to confine this article
70 the sherff's office.
In September, 1898, the Times pub
lished an article from which the follow
ing Is an excerpt:
An air of almost deadly calm has per-
vaded the district attorneys Office for
more than a month past, and what with
the vacation recess of the several de-
partments and the deputies taking a
few days holiday in town, business has
been very quiet.
In the conduct of the office the bill for
livery hire Is each month from $50 to
$50. These accounts are O. *. d in the
ordinary way and filed with the board of
supervisors, where they are ordered
paid. Yesterday, however, the livery
man who enjoys the patronage of the
district attorneys office appeared in
the office, looking for Detective Con
Mallory, the office detective, to pass his
account. Mallory was not around, but
District Attorney Donnell was, and he
blinked his eyes in amazement when he
saw that his office was charged up
with $50 for livery hire during the month
Of August. Almost all the rigs charged
up We're double teams, and, upon it's
face, the account rendered indicated a
rushing business in the district attor-
neys Office during the holiday month.
Major Donnell awaited the return of
Mr.. Mallory with some little impa tience,
and when he appeared asked for an
explanation of the unaccountable in
crease in the monthly account for liv-
cry hire. There was a good deal of talk,
but very little lucid explanation, for.
The herald., 1898-10-05
REPUBLICAN STRATEGY

For general purposes the war with
Spain is ended, but for political purposes
it is still pending. The Republican man.
ayers intend to keep 1t alive at least till
the final treaty of peace is signed and
ratifications exchanged, and as much
longer as party exigencies may demand.
The war card is to be played to the
best advantage as long as it will wear.
Though the president and his special
supporters were forced into the war by
popular sentiment and political oppo-
nents, they were quick to shift positions
and to assume that the Republican was
the simon-pure war and patriotic party,
and every objection to the Gage-Dingley
revenue program was treated as opposi-
tion to the war and hostility to the coun-
try. Since the conflict has come to an
end, the claim is put forward that the
Republicans fought the war single
handed and alone. Every criticism,
whether of the president, Alger or other
officials, will be denounced in the pres
ent political campaign as unpatriotic.
BY claiming credit for what has been
so gloriously done by the whole Ameri-
can people, the party in power will en-
deavor to maintain itself
And it may be expected that when con-
gress convenes the effort will be to put
the Gage financial scheme through as
The herald., 1898-10-05
UNDER A BUSHEL

1t is worthy of mote that Judge Allen,
to whom the case to test the validity of
the Soldiers home vote was assigned.
thought the matter of so much import
ance that he summoned his colleagues
on the superior bench to sit with him.
1t is also worthy of note that when the
court sat en- banc the case was not called
until after 8 o'clock p. M, and then 1t
had to be hurried through with the most
unaccountable dispatch. Only twenty
minutes was allowed each side, and the
opposing counsel protested at the close
that they had not submitted half their
authorities or half their arguments. On
this showing they were allowed to file
briefs.
The question: naturally arises, if the
case was so important why did not the
court allow sufficient time for the pre-
sentation of points and authorities by
counsel? In that event the subject
might have been more exhaustively
handled and the public would have been
able to follow the argument either in
open court or in published reports. 1t
looks little as though the court de-
liberately concluded to put good deal
of legal light under bushel.
The herald., 1898-10-05
IMPoTENT INQUIRY BOARD

At the very beginning of its work the
war inquiry commission encounters an
impediment that The Herald pointed out
when the matter was first broached.
That Is the utter helplessness Of the
board in cases where witnesses may not
feel inclined to give information. The
Importance of this point is understood
when it is considered that witnesses
anxious to volunteer testimony are not
the kind from whom useful information
can be expected. Reticent witnesses,
with knowledge that ought to be brought
out on examination, cannot be compelled
to answer questions.
The plan suggested for surmounting
this difficulty shows the farccal nature
of the whole proceeding. One of the
members of the board Is to be exalted
by the president to the dignity of no.
tary public BY this means, it Is stated
the commission will be "able to admin
lister oaths in case of emergency"
What an oath is worth without power to
enforce it is something yet to be eX
planned.
1t needs but little reflection to COM
prehend that an inquiry of this kind is
strong temptation, to say the least,
for volunteer witnesses to do great IA
vors for superiors, with the object of
ultimate gain. An officer who is on good
terms with a superior, and from whom
favors may be expected, is not likely to
subvert his own interests by volun-
teering derogatory testimony.
The herald., 1898-10-05
A SON OF SOMEBODY INCIDENT

The speaker was colonel in the regular
army of the United States.
'The trouble he said, with the boys
in Cuba-there not being given sufficient
rat!ons and all that-was the result Of the
appointment of civilians in the commits
sary department. They were easily rat
tied, and once let a commissary clerk get
ratified, and It's all off in getting an order
filled. Let me tell you of case in point.
1t was the day before the fight at Caney.
My men had been eating salt pork for so
long that their mouths were sore. Now
there is nothing more relished by soldiers
than fapjacks.' You probably wouldn't
care for a second serving, but with the
soldiers it is different I told them that
was going to send courier back to COM
missary headquarters. with an order for
the -four, molasses, baking powder and
salt. They knew what that meant, for
these are the ingredients of a military flap
Jack. The boys yelled their approval, and
thereupon dispatched a good man who
would see to 1t. Along about o'clock the
mule wagon was sighted. and again there
went up to the sky lusty cheer from
thousand throats parched with salt. Fires
were built In anticipation Of the flapjack
supper, and everyone was in the highest
spirits. The mule wagon was driven into
the regiments lines and unloaded What
do you suppose that civilian commssary
had sent US? You don't know? I'll tell
you. Nothing in the world but some bak-
ing powder and salt. What do you think
of that? The order had come so unexpect-
ed that it had ratified him, and he had for
gotten the molasses and -four So the boys
went into the fight at Caney with nothing
In their stomachs but chunks of salt pork
and B. c. biscuits. ."-Detrot Free Press.
The herald., 1898-10-05
TIPSY AUTUMN

1 had a chat with Autumn but today
Out in she vineyard, tween two purple
rowe;
Her hands were full of grapes and she
could not
Shake hands with me; her rosy tinted
arms
Seemed stained with wine. I think she'd
had a sip,
She was In such a merry mood!
Her hair
Was fastened up with some brown twigs.
1t looked
AS yeDiow as a golden blade Of corn
With which the field had fought and rdchly
won.
Her dreamy eyes were just hazy blue;
Two soft dull real pers that had harvested
The hazel azure of the skies.
AS red
AS apples were her cheeks, and her ripe
lips
Were as two bows of ruby drawn around
Mirth's Ledge Of pearl.
It was her busy day.
Arid SHE kept working while she talked;
next week
SHE said She would be shucking corn.
LEO FairchAld In San Francisco Post.
The herald., 1898-10-05
Los ANGELES HERALD. WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1898

as It developed with q measurable de-
gree Of certainty that the numberless
rigs had been used In political canvass
ing throughout the country, there was
really no official peg upon which the
unlucky bill could possibly be hung.
The difference between the highest av-
erage on livery account of $35 and $50.
the amount of account rendered for
August, was too great to be explained
away.
The district attorney most solicitous-
~ impressed upon Mr.. Mallory that he
had not the slightest objection to his
canvassing the county on behalf of
Sheriff Burr, or for any one else. In his
own time, but in such case he insisted
that the livery hire should be paid for
by himself or the candidate for whom
he was working. and no attempt be
made to saddle 1t upon his office.
That. In essence was what passed,
but around the courthouse It was
stated, and not altogether In whisper,
that Con Mallory had merely lined up
with the sheriffs deputies in the work.
ing alliance that has for its object
the election of John Burr for sheriff.
We cannot disguise the fact that the
Times is we'll reinforced in its assertions
when we know that delegate in the late
county convention could not
be found who would jeopardize his owr
good reputation by naming John Burr
'or sheriff.
1t is now asserted that mo appreciable
change is to be made in the personnel
Of the sheriff's office should the Re-
publican candidate, Mr.. Hammel, bt
elected. To be as plain as plain can be
those whom the Times denominates
'banditti" are still to have the swing OF
hat department. If this be the program
t might be we'll for the voters of Los An
yeles county to put veto on the whole
by electing the union candi-
late to the office of sheriff. In that event
we are certain of a clean sweep.
The herald., 1898-10-05
ApoCryphaI Conversations
3ooooooooooooooooo
; Gage; Mcguire; Greenway.)

Gage; Mcguire; Greenway)
Gage-I am told that you think me the
worst dressed man In California.
Greenway-On the contrary think there
are men in California who dress even
worse than you do. may have said that
a man who wears a turn-down collar ought
to be shot.
Gage-What is the matter with turn
down collar?
Green.-Nothing. l did not say the collar
ought to be shot.
Gage-I understand that you are the
leader Of Society In San Francisco.
Greenland you in Los Angeles?
Gage-God forbid! have not leisure to
dress the part"
Grcen-It requires. for example, no more
time to wear a standing collar than a turn
down one and ill-fittng clothes are put on
as early and taken off as late as those that
fit we'll
Gage-Fewer good men dress we'll than
ill.,
Green.-Fewer can afford to. You cam.
Gage-To dress well, l am told, is no
light and easy matter; it requires certain
gift and considerable study.
Green.-To govern California is no light
and easy matter. If you lack sense and
diligence l shall not vote for you.
Gage-You have not been asked to vote
for me.
Green.-Many times by your supporters;
all the time by your candidacy.
Gage-As to my collar, was not the turn
down collar once almost universally worn
Do not fashions change?
Green.-Some do; but not the fashion of
being in the fashion.
Gage-Who are the arbiters in the matter
of good or i'll dressing?
Green.-Naturally, those whose customs
In respect of dress are most unlike those
of the slovenly savage-hose who, leading
the advance out of barbarism, are at the
farthest remove from It.
(Enter Maguire)
Gage-Is my distinguished opponent,
Judge Mcguire, guiltless In this matter
He doesn't look dude.
Green.-I decline to answer.
Gage-Well. thank heaven, to dress Ill,
even If able to dress we'll, Is at least not
immoral.
Green.-It is needlessly disagreeable,
therefore immoral. You have no right to
offend our sensibilit!es.
Gage-Whose sensibilities?
Mcguire (who for five minutes has been
vigorously busting his hair, brushing his
coat and rebuttoning his waistcoa more
y)-Mine.-Ambrose Bierce In
S. F. Examiner.
The herald., 1898-10-05
COAL MINING TROUBLES

The coal mining troubles near the line
between Indiana and Illinois have
reached a dangerous phase. Civil au-
thorities find themselves powerless to
deal with the situation, and soldiers have
been summoned. At any moment COL
lision may be expected, with bloodshed
resulting.
The primary difficulty in this case. as
in nearly all similar ones in the coal
regions, is the attempt of mine owners
to control a GLASS of men whom they
introduced in this country a few years
ago to take the places of miners then en-
ployed. The cheap European labor
which displaced the class formerly en-
ployed in the coal mines, has become in
tractable. The Hungarians. Italians and
others who were delighted with what
seemed to them very high wages, when
they came here, were not long in learn
ing the formula of getting all you can.
In the Pana coal district, where the
present trouble is, the mine owners have
attempted to fill the places of imported
striking miners with negroes. Up to last
accounts the strikers had been sue
cessful in forcing the negroes to abandon
the mines. The next step. as in all such
cases, will probably be enforcement of
law at the muzzle Of the rifle.
Thus, for the sake of maintaining sat
isfactory dividends, the coal corpora
tions import cheap labor, and when 1t
upon, at great expense, to protect the
mines and the men employed to take the
places of strikers. And the people who
pay the taxes foot the bills.
The herald., 1898-10-05
Getting Away From Spoilsmen

If 1t is right to insist on having able gen.
erals. no matter what their politics, 1t 10
quite as cigh: 20 demand efficient postmas-
ters. district attorneys, financial agents and
state and city employees, without regard to
politics 1t is impossible to make any logi-
cal distinction between the two cases. The
American people must learn, and we be-
leve they are learning, that the busine ss
of government is one calling for high skill.
The more keenly they realize that fact the
less likely they are to be deceived by the
sophistry of the spoilsmen.-Indianapo polls
News.
The herald., 1898-10-05
Cost Of Making Peace

We are told that Peace Commissioners
Day and Reid get fee of S27O0 each at
the start. Commissioner Moore's fee is'put
down at $4,000. The other commissioners
get $50 day, and this, with what is paid
interpreters, translators, stenographers,
and other attaches, foots up the neat little
sum Of $1s25 a day. But, although the
French government will do the bulk Of en-
tertaining in Paris Uncle Sam proposes to
go well fixed" on his own account. Out
of politeness he will pay the expenses of
the women who are invited manbera Of
The herald., 1898-10-05
Valuable Indian Relic

Mr. H. G. Williams Of this city has vail
liable bit of Indian pottery In his possession.
He discovered the same a few days ago
while digging for Indian relics on the farm
of Price Kennedy, opposite this city, on
the Indiana side. The relic mentioned is a
water bottle about ten inches high, and
highly polished. The neck and mouth OF the
bottle forms the body of a man, the Likes
ness of the same being we'll preserved. The
ancient vessel Is certainly a curiosity and
aside from It's value in this line, 1t also
bears high monetary value.-Uniontown
Telegram.
The herald., 1898-10-05
SENATOR HANNA'S ALARM

When the voice of Senator Hanna is
raised in unison with the warning cry
of other Republican leaders, it may be
taken for granted that serious stu
alton confronts the party. The Herald
has recently alluded to anxiety expressed
by the New York Tribune and other Re
publican newspapers relative to the
Fifty-siXth congress. 1t has BEEN con-
ceded by sagacious Republicans for
several weeks that their control in the
next house of representatives is en-
dangered by the developments in the
conduct Of the war.
Now comes Senator Hanna, with a
statement prepared for publication, in
which he not only endorses but empha-
sizes what less conspicuous leaders of
his party have said. OF course, this
statement is a semi official outgiving by
the president, and is therefore specially
interesting. 1t is sent broadcast over
the country as a semi official appeal to
the faithful to jump into the congress
sional campaign and work as they never
worked before. Only by such effort,
Senator Hanna candidly tells his party,
can the awful probability of an anti
Republican house of representatives be
averted.
The frankness of Senator Hanna is
not confined to the warning which he
thus publicly gives to his party. With
rather more candor than might have
been expected he discloses some Sc
crets concerning the causes that have
led to the dangerous situation. He says:
Offices have been distributed, and
men who worked in the presidentlil
campaign with hope Of reward after
wards have either secured places or
been disappointed, and they lose inter-
est in the congress election or remain
away from the polls because of their
disappoin .ment.
From this glimpse at the way the
patronage machine works it seems that
apathetic indifference has afflicted both
the successful and the unsuccessful Re-
publican office seekers. The fortunate
ones have no further cause to hustle.
and the non-successful are sulking in
their tents. Mr.. Hanna gives indirect
notice to office holders, however, that
it will be wise for them to agitate them
selves now.
We have hitherto alluded to the mar
row margins by which many congress
districts We're carried two years ago.
Mr.. Hanna has analysed that vote, and
has discovered that sixty districts gave
in each case less than one thousand
plurality. This exhibit is intended to
impress the Importance of most earnest
effort to catch every vote that can pos
sibly be influenced in favor of Repub-
lican candidates for representative.
There is another side of this question
to be considered. The note of alarm
sounded by Senator Hanna and other
Republican leaders should inspire all
anti-Republcans with increased zeal in
the effort to capture the Fifty-sixth con-
gress. The undisguised fear manifested
by Republicans is indicative of the fact
that the next congress can, by earnest
and persistent effort. be wrested from
the party which now controls it,
In its fight for the next congress the
Republican party is placed in position
Of great disadvantage by reason Of the
war scandals. 1t is this difficulty. fully
appreciated by the leaders, that calls
The herald., 1898-10-05
Among the Missing

What has become of the chaps who
warned the world that China with Euro.
pean arms would overrun and conquer the
world? Also, the eminent authorities who
said the nation without torpedo boats was
whipped already? Where is the man who
said the American battleships were so
over-gunned they would tip over from their
own broadsides? s?-Kansas City Star.