The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-31
THE MEMORIAL is STOLEN,
Continued from First page.


the great work shall be accomplished.
Doubtless those who stole the LETS
thought their evil WORE would prevent
the memorial from reaching Washing
con and showing congress tbs will OF
the psoplo on the dsep ssa hssb1r
question. Blu. their work will DO for
naught, Something mors than petty
thief will be required to silence the pso-
pls. B ut many words are useless now.
Now. il ever, is the TINA for earnest.
Jealous work. Let every ons OF tho s@
who have in the past work d SO unsel-
fshly for the SUCCESS o. the great msm.
orial take a renewed hold or their la
bors. They will be public ben sfsctora
mora than svsr if the great memorial is
duplicated again ia angle weeks
time.
Aud thoss who heretofore have bean
passive in the matter, or have only ossn
active enough to sign their swn names
to the rolls-let these now como for
ward and prove their devotion to the
best interests Of Southern California. BY
becoming canvasssra for tho signatures
Of their nsighbors.
Now is the time for work, Jealous, an
selfish work. The HERALD will not bs
idle. 1t will do what it can honestly
and con scisntiously do to duplicate tho
big memorial-but it cannot sign the
names. That must bs doas by 10000
individual oitizsns-the same 10000
who rsspon dsd 90 nobly bsfore.
There arc still Q largo number Of me.
mortal blanks on hand aud others will
be printed at once. These must be
placed all over the city aud county and
surrounding counties as speedily as poa-
sible. The HERALD will undertake. to
place great many of these, but assist
nuce must coma from other sources.
Eysrybo who is interested in the great
work should call at the Herald business
Office in the Bradbury block on Third
street, and secure all tho blanks they
can use themselves and all thsy can
place for others to use.
There are great many restaurants
and news stazds and cigar stores in
d .ffsrent parts of this city WHARF, the
blank petitions could b. exhibited for
the signatures of cultomsrs an th9ls
who might ass them in passing by on
the street. Lst all such placss-let
cares to place this petition in his store
send his address to THE HERALD ollice.
Blanks will be sent to him at oncs. r.
member the blanks ara unlimited in
supply, and thai tho least yo1 can now
do for the success OF tho San Pedro har-
Dor 10 to kesp posted in a prominent
place these blank msmoriRls Every
body out of town who has heretore takel
an active interest ia this immoral
shoull now send his or her mama to
THE HERALD Man rial Bureau" BIZ
return mail a package OF blaAks viii be
cent TO them.
II tho new pstiton ia eignei az ap eed
llv ard ~ completely ~ it should be
and q TIE HERALD believes that it will
te-.he thief who stole th9 great role
Will have turned the tablsi on himself,
and congress will be more than ever
convinced o! the sentiment OF the people
of this section o! the couatry on tbs all
important matter.
1t now rests with th9 psopie to show
the thieves-it was no solitary ler9snss
who .psrpetrated the outrage, buta pow
erfu! intere5t-that they have over
reached themselves. Lot this stealing
Of the names DO but tho signal for au
almost unanimous expression OF public
opinion on the San Pedro harbor bill.
1t is not too late. 1t depsndJ upon you,
upon every man in Southern California
TO turn the work OF msan thieves into
glorious capital for this Southern Calls
fornis hsrbor, to snatch noble victory
from an act that was intendod to deleat
the will OF the people. isa.i 1..sp. b,
a --~-r- - 80. t.y ia-
LONG BEACH's ATTITUDE.