Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-03
LETTERS FROM The PEOPLE.
Kitty Tsassr's Defence Of Mayor Tobernan'


EDITOR HERALD: In the midst
OF this clamor of our city campaign,
and the repeated attacks which are
made upon our usually quiet and
handsome Mayor Toberman, you
will allow me, as an old woman of
considerable political experience, q
small space in your valuable paper
to have my say in the matter. /.
Eight years ago Mayor Tober-
man was first elected Mayor Of our
city. The first ofncial move he
made was writing an ordinance to
limit the fine for petty offences
from five dollars and expenses to
one dollar and upwarde. to be i'm.
posed at the discretion of the
Mayor. But the wicked and In.
considerate Council, who were
composed of men that were desti-
tute of those refined feelings for
our boys which we women have,
would not even look at his ordi-
nance. Now, IL they had only ac-
cepted and passed this humane
document, what nice time our
dear, innocent boys would have had
In their little fun? No matter II they
did disturb the public peace = lit
tie, judging from the mods and
pleasant smiles we mothers daily
receive from Mayor Toberman, the
cost would never exceed the small
amount Of one dollar.
Mayor Toberman is not only
handsome in his physical form,
but he also has the pleasing quail
ity Of adapting himself to any
company or party, just as 1t suits
his convenience. When be re-
ceived his nomination for Mayor
from the Workingmen, two years
ago, he humbled himself 80 far as
to doR his stove-pipe hat, SO as to
put himself more on q level with
the Workingmen. Show me an
other man, within this blessed
city's limits, who would do as
mucn for the paltry sum of q hum
dred and 1fty dollars O month.
Mayor Toberman gobbled up the
WorkingmeA's ironclad pledge,
and promised to so tax the Chinese
IS to drive them outside of the city
limits; but, being q considerate
man, he did not keep his promise,
knowing that we poor women
would have all the work to do. He
also had an eye to the interest of
his own household, as hundred
and fifty dollars q month 10 not
much, you know, to keep family
on. Again: Mayor Toberman
promised, If he was elected, that
all the city improvements should
be done by honest day labor, at
two dollars day, and eight hours
work. Surely our husbands would
have had some very nice pickings,
under such q rule, during the
passed hard times. But, alas that
notorious Council, elected under
the same promise, not only let the
work by contract, but also dropped
the laboring mans wages from two
dollars per day to . dollar and
half; and Mayor Toberman, being
naturally a man OF peace, never In.
terfsred, inasmuoh ~ they did not
NEEDLE with his own hundred and
fifty dollars o month.
Now Mayor T0berman has found
q new affinity In the Republican
party. Well, II he did make lit.
tie slip OF the tongue, two years
ago, when he told the Working
men that he would not accept
nomination from any other party,
surely all other office seekers do
the same thing. My advice to
brother Toberman Is to nod at
every man, woman and child until
he smiles himself into office. He
nodded at me one day this week
and have been under the mag
netic influence of his pleasant
smile, while writing this letter.
l am, my dear editor, yours very
truly, KITTY TEAsER.