The herald., 1898-11-03
A CARD

Mr.. w. A. Hamme: We do not be- 4
\ leve it presumptuous to assume that !
= you know, and perhaps fully recognize 4
= that the Los Angeles Times is amply 4
= justified in denouncing the sheriff's (
ring as the creatures of a bandtti" 4
4 ETC., and that "the people have been 4
7 cursed for years by it," That a livery 4
= bill OF $50 for electoneering purposes 4
= was demanded from the county funds 4
= at the instance of deputy sheriff and !
y doubtless would have been stolen from 4
the county treasury had not the Los 4
= Angeles Times exposed The scheme by 4
= calling attention to the fact that none 4
= of the courts were in session during 4
= the month of August, and being the 4
y time in which this livery bill was 4
\ made, presumably there should be no 4
= charges for bringing in no witnesses
= and no jurors, to no courts during this
y vacation month. That, notwithstand- 4
= ing there were no courts in session 4
= during the month of August, 1898, a 4
= bill of $35 was paid for livery hire dur \
= ing this vacation month. That it has 4
= been repeatedly published in the daily \
= papers that no reputable and regularly \
\ appointed delegate in the late Repub- \
= lican county convention could be 4
found who would jeopardize his own =
good name by presenting the name of \
= John Burr as candidate. That a \
= non-delegate and Burr's regularly en- \
= ployed and paid lawyer was resorted \
= to. That excepting twenty-five dele \
n gates-presumably deputy sheriffs- \
\ the expression, "Turn the Rascals \
= Out" was heard on every street cor
y ner and all over the convention hall. \
= That Burr has said that another ring \
+ was in sight before his ring was de- 4
= molished. That the daily papers have \
= asserted that if elected you will not
= turn the rascals out" That the SUI \
\ perior court records show that the \
= sheriff's gang, through incompetence, \
y or its apparent desire to serve shyster
= lawyers who were delegates to the late \
= Republican county convention, has \
= been guilty of such unlawful acts in \
= the conduct of the sheriff's office, re- \
= sulting in the oppression of women =
y and children to such an extent that 4
= We cordially agree with the Times in \
+ branding them as Creatures of \
7 banditti." That the supreme court of \
= California has very recently rendered \
= decisions corroborating the opinions \
= expressed in the preceding paragraph, \
: IN few cases on appeal, and in other \
instances, this gang has been branded, \
+ and we think justly, as mob 4
y We ask, simply as American citizens 4
= and voters, if you, as the nominal head \
= of the Republican ticket, propose to \
= perpetuate the disreputable ring, or \
y purify and exalt the office of sheriff \
= by sweeping every vestige of the pres 4
y ent regime from the courthouse \
= which is in your power? We sincerely \
= think our request is modest. If you \
= think we ask too much of you, be kind \
= enough to frankly say so. \
CHAS. BUTHMAN. \
+ p. G. JONES. \
j. r. GREGG, \
S. A. WALDRON. +
y j. w. SHOULTER. \
= J. G. SCOTT. 4
+ VIM. WILKS y
= X. Won STAUFEN. \
y B. F. LAND. y
\ Los Angeles, Nov. l, 1898. y
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