Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-14
LOS ANGELES AGAIN KNOCKED OUT.

LOS ANGELES AGAIN KNOCKED OUT.
The local cranks and haters hav,
again knocked out Los Angeles, this tim,
from having at the head of the bureau
of the worlds fair in which this county
is the most deeply interested one of oul
own citizens who could have been o
great benefit to our city and section. By
persistent abuse and villifcation O
Walter S. Maxwell they have succeeded
in giving Northern California another
important victory, and leaving Southern
California to play second fiddle to 9
part OF the state which likes us as the
lion likes the lamb.
Here is young man who was brough
up in Southern California, who has
shown very superior business qualifca
tions, and whose career has been marked
by an enterprise and an energy that
have enabled him to carry out busine 8:
ventures of the largest and most i'm
portant character, and who is deliberate
ly bounded out of confirmation to the
high position to which he had been
nominated by the most atrocious per-
sonal warfare ever waged against any
individual.
The writer of this has known Mr..
Maxwell from boyhood. He is the son
of one ofthe most enterprising and sue
cessful all-round farmers in San Luis
Obispo county. After leaving his ia
theirs farm he entered a printing Office
and became very competent member
of the art preservative. He came to
Los Angeles and worked at his business
for some time. After marrying Miss
Lanfranco, one of the heiresses to the
Lanfranco estate, he bought the routes of
the Evening Express. He sold this
business out and went into the grain
business, chartering vessels that had
brought coal from Europe and giving
them return cargoes of wheat. At the
same time he secured contracts to sup
ply the military posts of Arizona with
grain and hay, and gave entire satisfac
ton to the government. For years he
bought up nearly the entire grain crop
of this section, and gave our farm
ers a cash and ready market for many of
their products. In conjunction with
Mr.. D. Freeman he purchased an Eng
lish steamer, brought her to San Pedro
and entered extensively into the coal
trade. In the meantime, as principal
manager of the Lanfranco estate, he
adorned and embellished this city
with some of her finest and most
costly blocks, and on his own ac-
count erected buildings in various parts
of the city, one of which is the fine
block in which the Evening Express is
published.
Now what is the matter with such a
man that he should be made the target
of the vilest abuse? Ii he is not rep
resentative of the business nerve, enter
prise and intelligence of Los Angeles,
who is? All the personal charges
brought against him by parties jaun-
diced with prejudice aud burning with
hate are either frivolous or have been
refuted.
Lie USUOlSlUlo Iod5Ou lOI Illc SIdluc-
full onslaught made upon Maxwell for
the position of chief of the horticultural
department of the worlds fair is that he
is not practical or scientific horticul
turist. As the most important qualif
cations of the position are executive and
business, Maxwell has shown that he
possesses these in an eminent degree.
His enemies who have opposed him be-
cause he is not practical horticulturist,
are we'll satisfied with General Chapman
who is practicing attorney in a north
ern country town.
Now what have we gained by this sue
cessful deposition Of Mr.. Maxwell by our
local "kickers" and gangrened obstruc-
tionists who are always ready co sacri-
flee any public interest or any man to
their private hates and personal preju-
dices? Let our local marplots and Gym
ical censors, who have done more to in
jure Los Angeles than burst booms or
deadly smallpox, answer.