The herald., 1896-05-01
THE DOUBLE HARBOR MIN
Uncle Collis' Cohorts
Are r1uch Alive
VERY MUCH LIKE some CANN|bALS
They Have Not Covered Well
Their Tell Tale Tracks
THE RESULT IS EXPOSURE
The Clumsy Forgeries Are Dragged to
the Light Of Day
And Even Honest Friends OF Double Ap.
preparation May Blush
Story Of Dupiicity. Effrontery and Stealth.
The Crime Committed in the Name Of
Honorable Labor-An Insult
to the People
The Clumsy Forgeries Are Dragged to
the Light Of Day
And Even Honest Friends OF a Double Ap.
preparation May Blush

The Huntington cohorts are evidently
stopping at nothing in order to defeat
the desire of the people for free deep
water harbor at San Pedro as against a
mOnopolistic, money -levying breakwater
and wharf at Santa Monica. To the
reckless and illegitimate use of money.
and to Misrepresentation is now added
forgery.
Senator White and representative Nc
Lachlan have received kilograms sent
from this city urging their influence in
favor of double appropriations. One
reads as follows:
1--WE, the undersigned, members of la
Dor organizations in Los Angeles. favor
all appropriations for harbor or other
Improvements that congress is willing
to grant, and therefore urge you to so
tion bill that it will contain the appro-
amend the river and harbor appropria-
priation as originally inserted in the bill
by the house committee for both San
Pedro and Santa Monica. Respectfully,
This is signed by 104 names, included
among which are those representing
persons notorious in their antagonism
to the double appropriation scheme.
Another telegram worded much the
same except that instead of members
of labor organizations" it is Citizens of
Los Angeles" has been sent on to
Washington, and this is signed by 213
names.
The telegram sent to Congressman Nc
Lachlan had appended to it even a
greater string of names than those of
Senator Whites.
San Pedro advocates now in Washing
ton were evidently soon made aware of
the unreliable character of the tele-
graphic messages sent on from this city.
as witness this telegram sent to the
Hon. T. E. Gibbon, signed by w. c. Pat
terson and H. T. Hazard:
Have just prepared for Wells Ca cor
respondent) full copies of petitions
mailed White. Many signatures evil
IDENTIFY written by same person.
That forgery of the most damning
character had been committed was evil
dent to the labor organizations in this
city. Their leaders quickly got together
and united upon the wording of tele-
gram which was sent yesterday to the
Hon. Stephen NJ. White at Washington.
It reads as follows:
We, the undersigned, representing II
Of the 23 labor organizations of the city,
have carefully examined the list of
names, 104 in number purporting to be
signed to a petition asking you to sup
port the appropriation for both San Pc
dro and Santa Monica harbors, the said
104 signers claiming to be members of
labor organizations of this city, and
purporting to speak as such.
To our knowledge, not one of the 104
whose attached to the
petition referred to is member of any
labor union or labor organization in this
city.
AS stated in the foregoing, the tele-
gram was signed by II officers from
among the 20 labor organizations of the
city-as many as could be hurriedly got
together. Among them are leaders, men
who for years and years have been
citizens of Los Angeles and prom
inent in labor circles. Do they
know the meaning of the un-
qualified assertions they employed in
their message? 1t is only safe to say that
they do. Emphatically, yes!
The statement as to how the fraudu-
lent petitions had been prepared
was made to the Times three
days ago by George Anderson.
That paper Immediately informed
league and that body instantly took
steps to verify Anderson's allegations.
How well the league succeeded will be
seen in the affidavits published below.
Messrs. Patterson and Hazard, as will
be seen by the telegram printed above,
have telegraphed that certified copies of
the alleged petitions with the attached
names will be forwarded without delay
to the Free Harbor league.
Light of an immense candle power Is
shed upon the reprehenSible practices
and dishonest methods of the double
harbor shouterS. They claim to take the
stand they have been occupying be-
fornia, their fealty to that sections in
terests. A study of the following affi-
davits would indicate the said shout
ers loyalty and fealty to their own sew
eral bank accounts.
Read these sworn statements. They
are worth reading. Every word is food
for thought. The space given to their
publication would indicate this.
ANDERSON'S AFFIDAVIT.
State of California, county Of Los An
geles, SIS:
George Anderson, being first duly
sworn, deposes and says: That he is
resident OF the city of Los Angeles, ana
mas been so for ten months past; that
Tor the past seven months and until
snort time ago he has been living with
y. r. Carrere, editor of the Los Angeles
Evening Express, and has been engaged
IN clerical capacity, doing some work
Tor sald Carrere; that about a month
ago When the harbor matter first be-
gan to attract considerable attention,
ne (Carrere) stated to affiant that he
hao Dig scheme on hand which meant
great deal Of money for him (Carrere),
ana tnat he would be able to use in it
anlant services and to pay affiant
Well: that afterward Carrere went into
detail and Informed afiant that he had
undertaken to make the fight for the
southern Pacific in endeavorine to ger
me harpcr appropriation for Santa