The herald., 1896-10-31
CORRUPTION FUNDS HERE
Republicans Get a Sack
From Hanna
ITS ARRIVAL CAUSES MUCH REJOICING
How the Doodle Will Be Used
Election Day
CHIEF GLASS is ON RECORD
Republican Violators Of the Law Are
Allowed to Go
City Ordinances Violated But Glass Makes
no Arrests
Ordinances Of the City Do Not Apply
Where They Interfere With the
Labors of the Republican
Republican Violators Of the Law Are
Allowed to Go
City Ordinances Violated But Glass Makes
no Arrests
Ordinances of the City Do Not Apply
Where They Interfere With the
Labors of the Republican
County Committee

There arrived in the city yesterday
| the Republican corruption fund, with
which it is expected to debauch the free
! men of Los Angeles county and return
| a majority for the Mckinley electoral
| ticket.
| The amount of money which will be
| handled in Los Angeles county for this
purpose is $4,000. 1t is eastern money.
sent to the coast by Mark Hanna. 1t is
part of that vast sum which Hanna
| raised in Wall street and among the
corporations of the country and with
| which he expects to purchase the elec-
ton of Mckinley.
The receipt of the money in Los An
geles was hailed with JOY by the Repub-
| lican leaders, from the highest to the
! lowest 1t was absolutely essential
that something be done. and the leaders
| were foolish enough to think that with
| paltry $4,000 it would be possible to
| affect the result in this county.
Why, there is no power on earth that
| can prevent the majority of the voters
| of Los Angeles county casting their bal
| lots for the Bryan electoral ticket.
Nevertheless, the $4,000 properly dis
tributed will warm the pockets of the
Republican ward workers, and will, to
| this extent, help out considerably.
But as far as accomplishing any prac-
| tical results Is concerned, it might just
| as well never have been sent.
Some of this corruption fund was
spent yesterday. The push got small
divide, but it was only sufficient
amount to whet their appetites. Now
they want more and they want it be-
| fore election day.
Over 400O mon hava vOlnnteered fh cir
services in the 294 precincts of the coun-
| ty to labor for Bryan and silver at the
polls on election day. They ask nothing
in pecuniary way for their services
They labor without money and without
price, simply because their heart is in
| the work.
This array of patriots propose to see
| to 1t that McKinleyism receives de-
| feat in Los Angeles county by the side
Of which Marathon pales into insignin-
| cance"
And to offset it what have the Repub-
| licans? They will, of course, have men
| at the polls, but it will be necessary to
pay them, or most of them, for their
services in hard coin Of the realm-"53-
cent dollars"
In the Eighth ward the Bryan electors
will have about 1000 majority. The Re
publican leaders have been so busy
| with the Business Mems Sound Money
club Tom Reed and others of like
magnitude that they have overlooked
some of the brilliant Republican leaders
in the Eighth. who make no campaigns
without stuff" For instance, it is cur
| rently rumored in high social circles
that Colonel Tommy Smith, the polit-
ical side partner of Colonel Harrison
Gray Otis, has, up to date, received no
| substantial recognition from the COM
mittee. Considering Colonel Tommys
nigh connection, this oversight would
seem unwise and impolitic But in the
Eighth the Republican leaders seem to
! have given up and they are devoting
their time, money and attention to the
better classes that stand for Sound
money" and against "repudiation,
The Republicans in this campaign here
have prided themselves on being the
great law and order" party. If a man
passed on the street with suit of
clothes on that looked a trif1e soiled
wearing silver badge on his coat lap
Ell some Mckinleyite invariably points
him out with the comment:
There goes one of your Bryanites
Amt you proud of your company?"
The fact that this man, abut whose
honesty, integrity and good citizenship
| nothing is known, does not happen to
be dressed in broadcloth or a ballroom
| suit and is wearing a silver badge seems
| to be enough to convince the average
McKinleyite that hd is certainly an an
archist.
! The chief of police-John M. Glass
! mas been very prompt about ordering
| the arrest of men for distributing circu-
| lars on the streets for silver meetings
This he had a right to do and he was
most jealous in the performance of that
| to him-very pleasant duty.
But yesterday there were deposited on
| the main public highways of the city
| great bill boards, six feet high and three
| feet wide, in the shape of "V." They
1n ci 1lyc ca hoe
| they were an obstruction to the streets.
! The sign boards We're placed in posi-
| tion upon the sidewalks in direct viola
| tion of the city ordinance governing the
| matter and they were generously scat
| tered along Broadway, Spring, Third,
Second and First streets.
They bore Mckinley Sound Money,
| Protection and Prosperity circulars
with deceptive photographic pictures.
1t was about p. m. when these sign
boards were placed in position. One was
| placed in front of the city hall. One was
located in front of the Currier block.
| There was one at the Times Office. There
was one in front of a saloon on Spring
street and others were scattered in var
| ious parts of the city, on the sidewalks.
| Now all of this was a violation Of law
and it was an excellent opportunity for
| the police department to show that Re
n, publican violators of city ordinances
| were as much amenable to the law as
| any others.
| But it was not to be. The police were
notified at headquarters at p. m. Moth
| ing was done.
| Policemen on their beats passed the
| sign boards but made no attempt to re-
| move them. The attention of one officer
was called to the presence of the sign
board in violation Of the city ordinance.
He said
| Yes. know it is violation, but what
! can 1 do? 1t was put there by the agents
| Of the Republican committee. If move
1t without Instructions from the chief or
the captain 1 am liable to get myself in
! trouble"
And that was the way other policemen
felt. They were absolutely afraid to
move in the matter for fear of repri-
mand from the chief. At least that was
what they said.
Since when has the chief of police re-
| ceived authority to suspend the opera
tion Of city ordinances when their appli-
cation and enforcement interferes with
the labors Of the Republican committee
in behalf Of "law, order, Mckinley and