The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
THE LOS ANGELES SCHOOL SCANDAL

" EACH successive development in the Los An geles school scandal makes evident the A| need of far reaching, penetrating and thor Oughy comprehensive investigation Of the whole subject At the present time the charges and counter charges made by the opposing parties to the con troversy equally balanced to render decisive judgment impossible It will probably require animation in court, with testimony given under the soemny of oath and subject to rigid cross examin- ation to make clear the facts involved in the present confusion.
 All that is quite certain is that much in the way of evil and forbidden practices has been going in the management of the public schools of Los Angeles The League for Better City Government is entitled to the credit of having brought these practices to public notice and started the movement to expose them and punish the authors. The exposure how ever seems to have gone further than the league in tended, or at least to have disclosed wrongdoing in quarters wholly unexpected. As result some of the members of the league have turned aside from the object originally aimed at and acting more
 like partisans in the contest than impartial investi gators seeking the truth and desirous only acqu the innocent, but let guilty man escape. The Call from the first has taken keen interest in the investigation Malfeasance msfeasance in the public schools affects of the most important fea lures of our social organism. Corruption in edu- cational system thing to be tolerated in any part of the State. Public sentiment, so prone to indifference in matters of local administration, is re- solved that point The Call therefore acting in strict accord with popular ideas of the duty of the press to the people when it set about aiding the in vestgation at Los Angeles and making known every particle of the evidence given either side whether for attack defense.
 To angry disputants the impartial man seems an enemy to both. The attitude of The Call in the of the Los Angeles investigation has exposed that form of misrepresentation. Because it pub lshed in full the charges of the league and the evil dence given by Axte and Adams it was called an enemy of Trustee Webb. Because 1t permitted Mr. Webb to defend himself and published a statement of his side of the in letter written and signed by himself it is accused of being enemy of the league
 This misconstruction not unexpected. He that takes part in hard fight must expect blows. The Call is fighting for the truth and for the punishment of any person proven guilty of wrongdoing In that fight 1t is regardless of men, parties factions It hews to the line, letting the chips fall where they may. Its object is to publish nothing but the truth but also publish the whole truth and the only way by which that be accomplished IS the publication of the testimony both sides.
 Citizens of Los Angeles who wish to learn both sides of the controversy in order that they may judge
 t fairly must read The Call, it is the only paper in the State now pushing this investigation with no other object than that of exposing guilty parties and showing the people the evidence that convicts them