The herald., 1894-11-06
MR.. PATTON AND THE EXPRESS
MUD BATTERIES.

assault on the Southern Pacific t''fany
has ever been made in CeltorniI. bat
.he vicorous thrrsts Of tho Den sic
nominee have touched the Quick vi
denced By tho squirming OF th Los
Angeles organ of the Southern "'tc
compsnv, the Express. Unable md
a fsw in the armor oil the Dem ,lic
cham pion, it has rescrted to eve: de-
vice OF illegitin,ate journalism. Day
after day it has lied, snG lied, and lied.
Known to be the corrupt agent OF the
railroad, it has opened its columns to
the mud batteries manned by Lndley,
Webber and Carpenter. and has sought
to make it appear that Mr.. Patton. who
has made the anti-railroad fight. is him
self railroad man. Fortunately. how
ever, the people of Los Angeles are in
telligent and have seen through this
tran spsrent falsehood. The withdrawal
of the Southern Pacific advertisement
OF Patton is OF itself enough to convince
the most akeptical.
In last evenings edition OF Hunting.
toms organ there was a trifie more
malice and mendacity than usuhl,
probably owing to the roasting MIR.
Patton gave It and its editor last Sat-
urdsy night, ct Music hall. We have
heretofore paid little attention to the
mud-slinging daily resorted to by the
Express, for the reason that its railroad
proclivi!ies are we'll understood in this
com munity. and its opposition is clean
bill of health to the candidate it at
tacks, while its support damns the mar
who receives it and stamps him at once
as tool OF the Southern Pacific.
The Express repeats the old lie that
Mr.. Patton was nominated by the rail-
road, wien it is a notorious fact that
Huntington had all his old political
hacks on the ground at the convention,
fighting him. In the Los Angeles dele
CATION there were three railroad EN-.
ployees-Train Dispatcher McCaffrey,
Yardmaater Finn, and Darmody, who
keeps the Southern Pacific hotel at the
, Arcade dspot-and they were active
and vicious in their opposition to Mr..
Patton and voted against him.
MIR. Pat!on's fight in the convention
was made by ex- Mayor Workman, Hon.
r. F. del Valle and Gen. John R.
Mathews, none of whom have ever been
accused of wearing railroad collar.
The editor OF the Express seems to con-
enjoy tie friendship OF federal Office.
holder, but he did not think so two
years ago when he acted on Hervey
| Lindley's congressional committee and
endeavored through his railroad organ
to foist that delectable gentleman on the
people of the Sixth district. The in
tluence OF the Express was well illus
trated by the result, as Lindiey ran be-
hind his ticket 5000 votes in this county.
Does the Express pretend to say that
Liudlsy was not the railroad candidate
in 1892? 1t 10 also fact worth noticing
that the organ has only once referred to
the deep water harbor; and that was AN
endorsement OF Huntington'a site at
Santa Monica ON the eve OF the election
by the chamber OF commerce to decide
as to which place was the choice
OF the business men OF Los Angeles.
1t attempts to make it appear that
Mr.. Patton Was responsible for the
knocking out of the $40 900 appropria-
ton for the inner harbcr at San Pedro.
/ As Mr.. Patton was neither member OF
congress nor United States senator, the
sillineHs OF this is easily understood.
Aa we'll hold him responsible for the
war between China and Japan. And
| he Express we'll knows thnt even il the
money had been appropriated it could
not have been available, as the war de.
partment had not recommend it. The
telegram from Mr.. Cannon is possib bly,
genuine, although, as it appears in the
| Express, there is grave reaeon to doubt
it's authenticity. However, as it cuts
no fgule in the matter, since no one
over doubted that Mr.. Cannon was
working for sn appropriation for San
Pedro, we will admit that il is genuine
yet it in no way contradicts Senator
Whites version of the affair. When
Mr.. PAtion went to Washington on be-
I hali of San Pedro he waa sent by the
cham Der of commerce and hil railroad
fare was paid by that body; this dis.
poses of the railroad-pass lie--in fact
the charges Of the railroad organ are 80
ridiculous that they are unworthy oi
notice. MIR. Patton hes braye!y and
msniully done his part to bring the
shameful reign OF the Southern Pacific
to its end. Lot the people now do their
duty. 1t IS Patton and commercial
| independence sgainat the continuance