Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-25
POLITICAL MATTERS.
TAX COLLECTOR WHITNEY'S AT.
TEMPT AT EXPLANATION.
Those Tax Receipts Cause Him to Un.
wisely Rush iuto Print-A Report
that Mr.. Blaine is Com
ing-Notes.

The distressed Express comes to the
rescue of Tax Collector Whitney, and
with great ease plunges that excusing
officer deeper than ever into the inex-
plainable. He is now in the same
depths as the other official McGintys
exposed by the HERALD.
Mr.. Whitney makes a statement, after
years time, as to why last year, when
election YVES long way off, he awarded
the contract for the printing of the tax
receipts to Kingsley & Barnes without
ask ing for bids. He says, C. 1 bad nc
| time to look around for bide." That il
his excuse. Will it 60 with the tax
payers?
This year Mr.. Whitney thought if
prudent, election day approaching, and
having plenty OF time" to ask for bids
the result was that the recejpts were
printed on superior quality OF paper to
that used last year, and the cost to the
taxpayers was less than half the amoupt
paid to Kingsley & Barnes.
Mr.. Whitney takes the Same line oi
defense adopted by his confrere, Mr..
Ward, in the matter OF awarding the
contract for the printing of the great
register to the distressed Express-that
is, that he had the power to do 80. Like
Mr.. Ward, he appears to be somewhat
morally myopic. The power to do a
thing does not make it right. 1t does
not excuse wasting the peoples money.
Mr.. Whitney, in his accusatory ex-
cusing, says: 1.-THE law does not require
me to let the job on contract. 1 can
give it to whom I please. The rates
fixed by the supervisors allow me to pay
$3.50 for this job. 1t was done by the
firm gave it to for little over $780,"
He claims credit for getting the Job
dom. for something like $3.50 less than it
might have cost, when as matter of
fact, it should have cost $3.50 less That
is fine explanation is it not, Messieurs
the taxpayers of this county? Does it
satisfy you? Is it business-like?
The Express refers to the article in
yesterdays HERALD, on this subject,
under the heading Blowing Away at
a Broken Reed" that is correct, the
"broken reed" is Mr.. Whitney.
He who excuses accuses, is true
saying, for that is what the Express al
ways manages to do for every one Of the
many unfortunate office-holders it has
attempted to protect.
BLAINE MAY COME.
There is a report that the Blaine fam
lily has secured rooms at the Hotel Coro-
nado for the fall, says the Examiner,
and that it is quite likely that the idol
OF the California Republicans will be in
the state during the latter part of the
campaign. If such should prove to be
the case the state committee will make
an earnest effort to induce him to speak
at half dozen different points before
the election.
1t is understood that influential Re-
publicans are in communication with
the plumed knight, and that he will be
urged to come out and obtain ocular eyi.
dence of his popularity In California.
NOTES.
In looking over the Ninth ward it will
be observed that there are more candi
dates to the square inch than can be
found in any other ward in Los Angeles
There ia Collins, for supervisor Frame
and Reese, for the assembly; Richard
son and Rogers for constable Cobb fol
| justice OF the peace; Sonneman and
Ward for county clerk; Perry for sher
iff; Bull and Loomis, Campbell, Clark
Irwin, Ferguson. O'Bryan for council
man, and Wifsching for supervisor; be-
sides one candidate for mayor, one fol
county auditor, in the person of Lopez
and one for city auditor, Fred Teale
Several more are talking Of entering th,
field for the various other offices. /
any other ward can show more numer
ous gang for Office, that ward can tax,
the bakery.
The Peoples party expects to contro
| the election of councilman in the Ninth
ward the coming fall, and also the elec
| ton of mayor of the city. The balance
Of power is 9 nice thing for any party Il
| have.