Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-10

the city OF Long Beach, nor the county
Of Los Angeles, nor any individual can
bring any suit or action to annul these
grants OF franchises or test the right Of
the claimants to hold them, because
the attorney general of the state IS
alone authorized to bring such proceed
ings by action in quo warranto.
Nothing remains OF the water front
Of the Wilmington bay or San Pedro
bay not in the control of the railway
combine or its allied interests.
There Is not public wharf between
the bay of San Francisco and the bay Of
San Diego where ships from Panama or
coming around the Horn can land
freight from Atlantic ports In competi-
tion with the Southern Pacific, Salt
Lake or Santa Fe railroads.
& And there will be no such wharf nor
any competition in these rates until
annulled by an attorney general Of the
state who represents the people. The
construction Of the Panama canal can
not improve this situation.
No Action by Webb
Remember, my fellow citizens, that
Mr.. Webb has been your attorney gem
eral for four years and has not ma de
one single effort to redeem one foot of
the land or single franchise Illegally
granted and now used to the detriment
of the whole of California, but more
especially to Southern California. He is
familiar with the laws and their con-
struction by the supreme court of this
state and he ought to know his duty in
the premises. 1t is for him to explain
to you and to the voters of this state
why he has not taken some step to
make San Pedro harbor a free harbor
for To- fIao . l.
harbor is a closed harbor closed to the
commerce of the world, and 1t will re =.
main a closed harbor as long as the
attorney general Of this state refuses
to do his duty.
Believe me when say that the
strong arm of the federal governmen
cannot make San Pedro free harbor
The federal government may expend
sufficient money to fill that harbor level
with the surface with twenty dollar
gold pieces and still 1t will remain q
closed harbor.
Pledges to Open Harbor
II repeat, that there is only one man
In all the world who can make that
free harbor, and that man is the attor-
ney general of California. He and he
alone has power to annul those Illegal
grants and franchises and to open that
harbor free to the commerce of the
world. 1 do not believe that the citi-
sens OF this country will longer submit
TO corporate domination and corpora
tion rule without ctrying out in protest
against its abuses. 1 pledge you, the
people of the state, now il l am elected
geleral l will recover every
foot of public land and every franchise
Illegally held by any corporation or in
dividual in this state, and the peoples
rights shall be protected.
Il am sure you will agree with me
when i say that 1t is time for the voters
of California to arise in the majesty
and strength Of their manhood and
strike the shackles from our body poll
tic and proclaim again that California
shall be free. That the American flag
shall continue to represent free peo-
pie, not people controlled and ruled
by unrighteous and unholy influences:
that its fair folds shall no longer be
stained by the blood of corporate greed,
but that it shall be kissed by the breezes
unsullied and free from
the taint of Illicit gain.
Calls Bosses Pirates
Shall we permit the old ship of state,
for which our fathers fought, bled and
died, to be run by these pirates of po1iti-
cal bosses and ward heelers? Either
the principles of our government are
worthy our support or they are wrong,
the ten commandments nothing but
copy-book maxims, and we have all fol-
lowed cunningly devised fables
Does some politician here this morn
ing smile and say the impractical per-
son is all right in theory, but not when
he gets down to facts? My friends,
you are wrong. 1 point you to Roose-
velt, Jerome, Folk and Hadey. Look
1T New York, Philadelphia, Cincinnati"