The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-30
INFAMOUS ACTION.
Judge Silent Of Los Angeles Would Re-
fuse to Aid San Francisco.


fuse to Aid San Francisco,
The following editorial taken from III,
Oakland tCull Tribune is Nproduccd,
"The Lowest Man in California,
There once lived man in Scotland
who murdered men for the ,rilling profit
he might gain by selling their bodies IL
the medical colleges for dissection His
crime wa, 50 horrible. 50 loathsomc, ,t
infamous and 50 mhuman that namt
had To he invented for it, There was n,
term in the language to designate :,
hidcous an otren,e. So they called The
crime by the name OF the wretch who
invented it. and thus killing men Il
sell their dead bodies i, now de,ignat
ed by law in every English speaking
country a, "hurking,"
One Charles Silent OF Los Angeles,
described by the local press a~ Judge
seems to possess the nature OF the Scot
tish hyenu who gained imperiNhahle in
| fanny by giving his name to the most
sordid and atrocious crome in the calen'
dar. In presenting II resolution to tht
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce de-
nying welcome and shelter to the home
less and burned ont fugitives from san
Francisco, AT meeting held on Satur'
day evening, April 2lst Judge" Silent
made an explanatory address that makes
burking respectable by comparison.
Says the Los Angeles Examiner OF APP
ril 22nd.
yesterday afternoon action became
imperative when Southern Pacific
official called and asked;
"'How many refugees can you care
for? Tthe Southern Pacific want. to
know
Immediate action was also asked by
Mayor Schmitz
"ri,led with cr;ef =, tbe .orrow the
clergyman met at the Church Federation
u,;th ro tbo,oh, .xc.nt charity and
| ,o,.a ., ,lro,,. or., tha doors ~ ,bnir
churches TO all who come
snoo;al raot;ro ~ ,ba Chamber NJ
| ron,,o,oo ,,,. collad ;or S.1o in tho
avoriro and tha cleryvm.p ipv;ted ia
,tto,d What ,noL nl,ra !. relotrd nv
tbe In. Anaelns Examiner.
"Bebind closed doors the committee
mot first The whole situation was talk
cd over seriou.ly. and il was unanim.
ouslv decided that II would be unvise
for tho citv IN extend nm invitation In
refugees
"mdge Charles Silent was directed to
ox,,oss tho v;e, NJ the committee 70
the nress and cleroymen
mTbe c;tv ia WILLING IN double its
fund furnish camns for the sufferers
o,otb. fA.a and rursa them but rearer
Gan FranciscoY tho ;ud,o said "We
bovo dec;do5 that Il would ho unwise tn
br;p, tb;s undesirable element here We
will onno.e their coming a. far a. we
con This i not becou.e We do not want
" l. u. l,i;.,.,
we con better aid them where they are.
II = mot ,aoessarv far them to iour.
nov roarIv five hundred miles. II they
,re IN there i. q country nearer that Is
botter suited for them Humanity does
NOT reouire the conveying Of hordes Of
undesirable neop)e to this fair citv. II
i thn srad lioht' element that I refer TO
II wos the ;udoment Of providence tnat
thp elements brought on san Francisco.
"Tho.e who come here we must and
will treat tenderly and in the proper
manner Rut we cannot invite them.
If we invite 5000 it would mean the
COMING Of five times that number. We
cannot and must not have the contami.
nation which would follow the undesir
able element. III sacrifice one.half
have rather than see thi, come about.
"There will be manv who will come