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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

conscience for voting a bad man into
power
AS population thickens the difficulty
presents itself OF finding men known
to all to be really fit and reliable. Be
sides, there is a vigorous and growing
opinion among thoughtful persons that
no one can properly represent them.
Each person who thinks on public ques-
lions has a decided opinion on each of
them; and IL each such question were
submitted to him at the polls, he would
take great pleasure in expressing his
opinion and wish.
The practical remedy lies in direct
legislation. The opinion of a whole
people is (after matter has been thor
oughly discussed) vastly wiser than
that of any one man; the people can
never knowingly sell or betray them
selves; and II the legislatures are not
given the power to betray the public,
they cannot do so.
Hence the growing favor with which
the idea of direct legislation is coming
to be regarded. 1t is certainly in the
line of progress, and one of the sure
things of the future.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
BELIEVES JURY SYSTEM is
MERELY A HOLLOW SHAM

LOS ANGELES, July 15.-[Editor
Herald: Is the American jury merely
a. machine to carry out the wishes Of
with the Jury and save time, annoy
ance and expense? I have attended
several fury trials recently After the
usual irrelevant impertinent questions
TO the Jurors 1t narrows down to the
leading and all important question:
''Will you follow the instructions of the
court regardless of your own views?"
II he answers in the negative he is
promptly excused and is sometimes
given a rebuke from the bench for his
honesty and courage. II a jury is
simply to affirm the Judgment of the
court it is a nuisance and a farce and
should be abolished.
WALTER COLLINS.
$50 East Thirty-seventh street.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
PitchY Trust

Final decision has been given by the
courts of Venezuela that the asphalt
trust must pay a fine of 100000 for
financing an Instruction against the
Venezuelan government. The trust
doubtless will clamor for intervention
by the United States, but the big
stick" better keep out of the mess lest
it get befouled with trust pitch.-Im-
perial Valley Press.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

Interstate commerce commission fig
ures show railroad passenger traffic
for 1907 exceeded that of 1906 by
rs, 100000 persons. Next year the
commission will report similar in
crease and will add land not one of
them travelled on a pass"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
WRITER GIVES MEANING
OF THE SINGLE TAX PLAN

LOS ANGELES. July 17.-[Editor
Herald: The single form Of taxation,
upon the rental of land, urged by Mr..
George and the economic school he in
stituted about thirty-five years ago,
which is not understood by Mr.. Feckett
or his friends, is very simple, but is as
yet unapplied on any extensive scale
anywhere.
There will have to be experience in
the application of it before it will
cease to be g theory.
That there might be or should be
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

J. w. Eddy, secretary of the State
Good Roads association, says he hopes
sincerely Los Angeles county will vote
for the bonds, not only on a safe two
thirds margin, but by an overwhelming
majority. So say we all of us.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
REPLIES TO REQUEST FOR
SINGLE TAX INFORMATION

LOS ANGELES. July 16-[Editor
Herald: In your Letter Box Of July
16 Mr.. e. Feckett inquiries to know
how the single tax Is supposed TO
bear down evenly on eaen person.
The answer is very simple and, to one
who has read Progress and Poverty"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
Political Points
Hostile Trust

The paper trust is but one of many
in this country enjoying a like priv
ilege, and the American people are
well aware that Mr.. Bryan would write
after every plank pledging to wipe out
the power of the trusts:
IT am In favor of the above plank"
Undoubtedly, the paper trust is hos
tile to the nomination and the election
of Mr.. Bryan.-Buffalo Times.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

George Rhines. a sixty-eight-year old
thief, has been ordered by Judge Will
bur to report to the probation officer
regularly for ten years. Under certain
easily imaginable circumstances this
will be exceedingly unpleasant. annoy
ing and embarrassing to the probation
officer.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
HysterIa

Speaker Cannon rises to denounce
what he is pleased to call the "hys-
terra" of the last six years. Anything
that savors of reform seems like hys-
teria, to Uncle Joe. The worst of 1t Is
that he has been able with the help of
a few trusted cronies to balk several
very useful manifestations of hys-
terra. Providence Journal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

An eighty-year-old bookkeeper was
knocked down by car yesterday. In
the climate of Los Angeles active life
may be continued long after the age
limit at which eastern men are forced
to retire.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

Heavy registration for the primary
election means business. The people
are in a voting mood this year. They
mean to have their say. The record
breaking vote at the presidential cleo
ton will make the world wonder. So
will the phenomenal majority which
will be rolled up for William Jennings
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
Hill and Bill

DR.. David ]. Hill acquitted himself
very we'll at that first interview with
the emperor. The doctors worst break
was in offering the kaiser scent
cigar. The kaiser took it with sigh
for the old times when Tower handed
out the 5O-cent brand without tremor.
San Bernardino Index.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
Plain Talk

A San Bernardino dispatch tells of
local man named Bert Quinn who sold
his mining claims two years ago and
is now broke and helpless, by reason of
his having spent his suddenly acquired
fortune like a prince" It's more likely
that he spent it like a damphool.-Ven-
tura Democrat.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
PurchaseabIe

In Europe you can buy politeness.
Even the street car conductor will be
polite, for a 5-pfennig tip, and If you
tip a cafe waiter 10 cents the proprie--
tor himself will stand at the door and
bob his salutes every time you come in
sight, for a week. Think you can't buy
politeness in this country, too? Just
try it.-Fresno Republican.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
Frank and Courageous

Whether James NJ. Guffey remains
or does not remain the Democratic
national committeeman from Pennsyl-
vania will not lessen in the least the
merit of the frank and courageous
stand taken by Mr.. Bryan against an
admittedly vicious factor in his party.
Philadelphia North America.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
Good Platform

Much of the surprise of the Republi-
cans. who have been framing a plat
form in advance for the Denver gather
ing, Mr.. Bryan's views are conserve
tive, though progressive, and there is
every indication that the final plat
form adopted will be entirely satisfac-
tory to the east as we'll as to the west
and south.-Salt Lake Herald.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

w. ]. Bryan says: Theodore Bell
made good and we were all delighted
with his speech" California Democrats
knew Bell would make good. That is
why they sent him to the convention.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

Members Of that peculiar sect, the
Holy Jumpers, have gone in for bean
growing on large scale. They will
make a speciality of the holy jumping
bean.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

According to Judge Wilbur, Califor-
MAS reformatory institutions are in
need of reform. The situation calls to
mind the Old World proverb, "Physi-
cian. heal thyself."
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SPECIFIED

Oregon's Republican newspapers say
that their state will give a large ma
iority to Taft, and probably they are
correct, but its politics has speckled
look to good many persons.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

In Texas there is not the slightest
cause for Mr.. Taft's anticipations. The
popularity of Mr.. Bryan with all the
factions precludes the idea that there
is any chance to upset the normal
Democratic majority this year.-Hous-
ton Post.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
State Press Echoes
Getting Reckless

The fellows who are declaring Betsy
Ross a myth will probably also go
further before long and declare Billy
Patterson was not struck.-Whittier
News.
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Sad Drawback

Esperanto is reported to be making
rapid Roadway as an international Ian
guage, but there is no likelihood that
baseball reports will ever be written in
it. 1t has no slang.-Wilmington Jour-
nal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
The Public Letter Box

Letters intended for publication must be
accompanied by the name and address of
the writer The Herald gives the widest
latitude to correspondents, but assumes no
responsibility for their views. Letters
should not exceed 200 words.
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Schedule Spoiled

Another unfortunate effect of the de-
struction of the arsenal at Port au
Prince is that the resultant loss of
ammunition may disarrange the regular
revolutionary schedule.-Long Beach
Telegram.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
Epiqrammatlc

Secretary Cortelyou's statement that
this years treasury deficit is more
apparent than real' is entitled to rank
with Explorer Baldwin's "Baffied but
Not beaten" epigram.-Kansas City
Tiunpa
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
Good Time Coming

Balloonists declare that they are not
in it with the chauffeur, when 1t comes
to promoting the death list. True for
the present, but the balloonists' time
appears to be arriving.-San Diego
Tribune.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
BOOMERANG Morality

Library trustees of Fresno have decided
to exclude Elinor Gyms Three Weeks
from the shelves of Fresno's public library.
which means a big sale of the book in that
cIty.--santa Monica outlook.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

It was inevitable Of course that the icono'
lasts should turn their attention to Betsy
Ross, but are the American people to be
robbed of all veneration for everything and
everybody ?-Fullerton News.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
Can't Collect

The United States treasury has not yet
been enriched by the payment Of that s2s'-
0Oo, 900 fne assessed against the Standard
Oil company.-San Diego Tribune.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
viii He Try?

1t remains to be seen whether Mr..
Hearst can manage to make really
graceful retraction of some of the
things he has said about Mayor Nc
Clellan.-Washingto Star.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
Cause and Effect

Do not judge a man by appearances;
shabby old coat may contain an edi-
tor, while a man wearing a broadcloth
suit, plug hat and gloves may be a
delinquent observation-disclosures Re-
porter.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
At the canltaI

Senator (going in)-who's talking in there?
Senator (going out)-La Toilette. He's been
talking thirteen hours.
whats he talking about7'
Don't know he didn't say."-Yonkers
Statesman.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18

Get your shouting apparatus in good
order for the great Bryan ratification
meeting which will be held at the
Auditorium tonight.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
JOHN w. KERN

Herald subscribers intending to leave the
city for the summer months kindly notify
the circulation department, and we Will
send The Herald to your new address and
change the address as often desired
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-18
Popular

There's no getting away from the
that Lincoln is a mighty
popular way station just at present.
Boston Herald.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

WI Ting Fang, the Chinese
Minister to this country, said Il
expect to live to be 100 years old.
| have quit eating meat entirely.
After | have obtained the receipt
for long life, I intend to benefit
mankind by giving the secret to
the world. It will mean many
men can complete the life work
that the years allotted to them
have been all too short tomake ac-
complishment a fact" He will
hardly live to that good old age
and if he does the few years
added will not compensate for
the loss of fried chicken, juicy
steaks, spare ribs, back bones
and all hog sausage these cold
mornings say are not far off.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

Nathan Straus, the noted phil
anthropist of New York, and
brother of Mr.. Roosevelt's cabi-
net minister of that surname,
has just returned from Europe
and will devote himself to cam
paign work for Mr.. Bryan. Ed
itor Herman Ridder Of the New
York Stats letting says the
German vote will be as solidly
for Bryan as it was for Cleve-
land in 1892, when we had the
democratic ground swell. Yon
johnson will control lots of
Swedes. Now if the Irish in
New York will do the right thing
Bryan will be elected. Jews,
Germans, Irish and Swedes are
the right kind of people, nearly
every day, we hope they will be
an election day.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10
A BIG NAVY.

Rear Admiral Robley Evans,
who is neither a diplomat or a
prophet, in an address at a ban
Fquet recently given in his honor,
said that there was no danger of
war between the United States
and Japan. However, he advo-
Gated strong navy as a guaran-
tee Of permanent peace.
He asserted I'VE should have
twenty-four battleships each in
both the Pacific and Atlantic
Oceans. Sixteen of these should
be in commission all the time in
each ocean, and eight inreserve. !"
1t would doubtless have been
been better had Dewey sailed
away from Manila after sinking
the Spanish fleet, but as he did
not md conditions are such as
they are this country, occupying
the p6i ION of one 81 he worlds
;{x1at powers must IS prs
pared to properly care 1or our
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

dependencies as we'll as our own
sea coasts. Did the United States
have an immediate land neigh
Dor, whose people, in habits and
temperament, were radically diff
ferent from ours, with a-iealous
disposition, who would be liable
at any time, on a fimsy pretext,
to over run us with her
armies, would not the United
States keep an army of sufficient
strength to repel such a foe.
There is no danger of foreign
armies ever invading Americas
shores, unless the hordes from
the east might make the attempt,
which they could not do, had we
a sufficient feet in the Pacific.
But there is a necessity of a
fleet of up to date batt1eships
that in effectiveness and numbers
would rank with the best and its
very greatness would insure
peace, and peace, not war. is
what this country wishes. Ma
tions, like individuals, hesitate
to raise a difficulty when the foe
is prepared for fight to the
death.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10
THE BOIL WEEviL.

This dreaded pest is reported
in Adams, Jefferson and Wilkin-
son counties in this state and
should it make it's usual progress
next year will find it in Claiborn,
Kinds, Warren, Amite, Franklin,
Copiah and Lincoln.
Lack of food Is the only thing
that will prevent the spread of
the Weevil and early planting,
fast working on high land well
fortified, is said to be the best
plan of getting ahead Of the des-
tructive insect. Then if the land
in the bottoms be planted in corn
and other food stuff the weevil
may be ablessing III disguise, for
it looks as if nothing short Of a
plague to the crop will prevent
an everproduction, with low pri-
ces for cotton and high prices
for corn, meat and live stock.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

SEPTEMBER 18th.

Next Tuesdays primary will
decide who will serve this district
as congressman for the ensuing
term.
The race will be a close one,
unless the home county gives
Maj. Henry a big majority. If
the voters of Rankin will turn
out, there will be no question as
to his winning.
1t is up to every qualified
democratic elector to go to the
polls on Sept. 18th and register
his choice for congressman. Is
there any valid reason why your
home man is not entitled to your
support? Do YOU not believe
that the interest Of your county
would receive more attention If
the congressman lived in it and
had lived iii it since q child? Do
you not believe that as = matter
Eof pride you should take the
hece tim 10 80 70. pals
Henry,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

It is reported the members of
the National Farmers Union at
their recent meeting in Dallas,
Texas, fixed a sliding scale Of
prices for this season crop Of
cotton, but the figures have not
yet been given out to the public.
The Mississippi Bankers Asso-
citation have agreed to advance
6 per cent on cotton warehouse
receipts. The Dallas meeting
urged that cotton bagging be
used in the place Of jute where
ever possible.
The following splendid reso-
luton was also adopted:
8 Resolved, that the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative
Union Of America, representing
over two million farmers, hereby
adopts the iinnigratiol, reso-
llltaQfx n y iSifar1 ST tie
ziifilll fslly Ia IN Iii calling
for federal and state Legislation,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

Yesterday morning a country
negro drove a team of four yoke
of oxen up Washington street,
not a very difficult thing to do,
but a somewhat unusual occur
ence these days. The old negro
controlled the team entirely by
the use of a whip, and the
strange language which he called
to the obedient oxen. They
walked right along through the
crowded street cars. Vicksburg
Herald. The above reads like an
item one might expect in a
northern daily. Jackson and
Meridian with street car systems,
and lots of autos continue to get
a great deal of trade hauled in
by OK teams, which no doubt ex-
plains their outstripping the Hill
City in both growth and bust
ness.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

Should a lady who is dissatis-
fled with her present husband,
accept the strictly honorable at
tentions of a sutton with a view
to matrimony after she secures a
divorce?" If honorable, it is such
disregard for the proprieties of
life, that both should receive the
merited censure of all. After a
divorce, a year should elapse be-
fore remarrying, which is as
short a period,as a real widow is
permitted.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10
We notice that Warren corntv's

We notice that Warren county's
campaign cry is young men to
the front; Collier for congress. !"
Unfortunately for Warren county
it is late in taking up the young
men. Less than a year ago a
young man. Quinn, of Kinds, a
neighbor of Warren, was a can
didate for the speakership of the
House of Representatives, and
Warren soIidly supported Street..
of Lauderdale, an old man, hail
ing all the way across the state
from Warren. Collier is a good
man but when his county pre-
sents the young mans issue it is
Inconsistent for Warren county
has.not practiced what it is now
preaching.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

A magistrate of Belleville, H.,
who claims to have married 1900
couples says he prefers to unite
young couples to whom life lis
just opening up as one long rosy
dream, but he takes all who
come, without regard to age,
and gives each one some good
advice, which seems to steer
them away from divorce courts,
as he has never heard of any
undoing the legal knot he tied. "
He Should give his prescription
wide circulation as it must be a
good one.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

A.. O. Calhoun, of Victor, is
Missouri's honey king. He has
5000 pounds of honeyin sight from
the summer flow, and as much
more will be collected in the
autumn. Honey is most palatable
at certain seasons and is very
fine for croupy children, but
Rankin county's cane syrup far
excels it as liquid sweetness, and
if measured by pounds produced
last season over 500, 900.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

! The cotton crop is spotted this
season, in some places very poor,
but taken as a whole will be
above an average. The ginners
report about 200, 600 more bales
ginned up to Sept 1st than last
year, which alone would not in
dictate a bumper crop for it is no
doubt largely due to a season
which permitted earlier planting
and consequently early picking.
Whether your crop will be large
or small, keep up with the pick
ing, for September and October
storms hardly ever fail to do
great damage to open cotton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10
Pre-lnventory and Bona Eide
Cost Sale.

We will, commencing August
9th, absolutely sell at cost all our
line Of general merchandise not
including Staple groceries. This
means to lessen the stock for
business changes and to prove
the assertion Of this advertise
ment call, inspect price, and you
will buy if you are hunting the
only genuine values given in
Rankin county, Yours for a
stirring saleyr inrmerchandise.
FL. A. BUSICK Co.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

abolishing immigration bureaus
and substantially excluding the
present influx from southeast
Europe and western Asia and
urge upon federal officials the
vigorous enforcement of all i'm
migration laws in order to prop
erly protect the country's vel
fare and to preserve it's consti-
tutiorlS. !"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

One of the grievances of Mrs.
Clara Black, of Chicago, who
sued for a divorce, was that she
was compelled early every morn
ing to curl her husbands long
silky mustache. Most women
dote on long curley mustaches
she must have been wanting that
time to put her own hair in cur
ling irons.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

1t looks as if Farmer Dickson
will &C to congress from Nc
Leans old district. The farmers
of an agricultural state should
have a representative and Mr..
Dickson seems to measure up to
the required standard Of brains
and worth.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

Government reports show the
condition of the corn crop this
year to be below the average.
Sow a crop of fall oats that as
early as possible next season you
can quit buying high priced feed.
Fall oats make fine winter
pasture when the ground is not
too wet to Craze.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

Manhattan is the most densely
populated island in the world. It
has a population of SO, $50 per-
sons to the square mile. It's too
crowded there, That is the rea-
son Brandon people have never
taken that town like it has Jack
son, Vicksburg, Meridian and
parts of ST. Louis and Chicago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-09-10

Can you tell the whole truth?
is a new article by Prof. Hugo
Muensterberge, yes; but it is too
dangerous, to do so often.