The herald., 1896-04-17
he MONROvIA ELECTION
Judge E. p. Little Writes q Caustic
Letter
He Gees fer the Times corrsspondsncs at
the Free Water rswn-Aftsrmath Of
the Local Political Contest

The Herald has received from Judge
e. p. Little Of Monrovia communica-
ton in denunciation of the correspond
ent Of the Los Angeles Times at that
correspondent is alleged to have made
in the Times the 14th inst. regarding the
late election at Monrovia. Judge Lit
ties letter is as follows:
Editor Herald: A man named Mauls-
by, a gossip-gleaner and ''snapper-up
Of unconsidered trif1es," who does the
regular correspondence" of the Times
from Monrovia. Duarte, Azusa, Glen
dora and Covina, and from all the inter-
vening by-ways, offered to vote at the
municipal election in Monrovia on Mon
day. He Is bohemian without local
habitation. although he sometimes oc-
cupies loft in Monrovia, and one whose
name and occupation are not known to
half dozen persons in this city. None
of the election board knew anything
whatever of his antecedents. or had any
knowledge as to his right to vote, as to
his political affiliations nor as to his
views on the purely local question at
issue. But 1t is the official duty of every
member of an election board to chal-
lange every man offering ballot, if he
Ia not known to be entitled to vote, and
particularly If it is believed or sus-
pected that he, for any reason, is not
voter under the provisions of the
statutes intended to secure purity of
elections. 1t is clearly the duty of cleo
ton officers to prevent, so far as they
can, all violations of the election laws
Every intelligent man is aware of
such duty. No honest, we'll meaning
man can possibly object to it's perform
ance. Manulsby was challenged. He
became hotly indignant. The roust-
about scribbler felt that to question his
right to vote at an election where he
was a stranger was an outrage upon
the dignity of literature. and an as
sault upon the freedom of the press.
He tore his hair. rent his innermost
sought relief in celebrating a tissue of
falsehoods and malignities for the
Times. He began with the amazing
whopper that the crushing overthrow of
the ring. led by w. N. Munroe, that has
disgraced this little city for several
years, which was the result of the cleo
tion, was a great victory of Republican,
ism and protection. Not a thought of
either entered the mind of any voter of
the election or in any part of the ante
cedent work. The issue was strictly
local, and no mention of party politics
was heard from the opening of the
fight to it's close. The tickets were made.
UP by both factions without reference to
national, state or county politics or the
party affiliations of any candidate. The
only man known to be Democrat on
either ticket was elected by an almost
unanimous vote. The most rampant.
dyed-in-the-wool Republican on either
ticket was routed. The simple fact is
that it was a square fight of right
against wrong, of honesty against cor
ruption, of the people against an arro-
giant ring who have exploited the city
treasury for years. The people We're
victorious and the bosses We're crushed
They were sQuelched so utterly that re-
covery is impossible, and honest people
sing Praise God from whom all bless
ings fiow."
The second falsehood was by coward