Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-05
SENATOR HAHNS
RECORD IS SHOWN
BY NON-PARTISANS
STATEMENT BY COUNTY COMMITTEE
Scores State Legislator Unmercifully for His Easy
Compliance to the Dictations of His "Dear
Friend" Walter Parker and Other
Southern Pacific Bosses

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fornia, and As copies of Deering's Cali
fornia Code of General Laws. This
was authorized by the senate for the
use of each member of the senate. The
books didn't happen to be fastened to
the floor by screws so when the ses-
sion was over the members of the
senate carried them away.
Hahn's Political independence
"In view of the Dear Walter let
ters, written to the Republican boss
of Los Angeles, the boss who tells the
senator's how to vote who belong to the
railroad 1t would be interesting to
know whether Benjamin w. Hahn
rode on a pass to Sacramento. 1t APP
pears that he got $91 40 for mileage and
surely the senator wouldn't accept
pass from his dear friend, Walter Par
ker, and at the same time appropriate
$91.40 of the states money!
Section 10 of the constitution pro-
vides as follows:
"'No railroad or other transporta-
tion company shall grant free passes
or passes or tickets at a discount to
any person holding any Office of honor,
trust or profit in this state and the
ACCEPTANCE of any such pass or
ticket by a MEMBER of the LEGIS-
LATURE, or any public officer other
than a railroad commissioner, shall
work a forfeiture of office.
Senator Hahn of Pasadena, If he
accepted the transportation afforded
him by the Dear Walter letters, has
broken the fundamental law of the
state of California as set forth in sec
/ ton 49, article IL of the state consti-
tuition, is ineligible at the present mo-
ment to act as state senator in this
state, and could be removed from office
at this time for breaking the laws of
the state The people of Pasadena are
noted for their culture and refinement,
and are a law abiding class of citizens.
Can you vote for man to mako the
laws of the state of California who
I deliberately and with knowledge of the
penalty, breaks section 10 of the con-
stitution? Is such an action on his
part heralded, as it has been in the
papers, and known to. everyone in the
county of Los Angeles, conducive to
good citizenship? Does not the ex-
ample of such a senator put a premium
on breaking the very laws that he him
self has sworn to uphold when he was
sworn in as a member of the senate?
Is the offense of Senator Hahn to be
condoned on your part because other
railroad senators also accept passes?
Senator Hahn in his paid advertise
ment in the Pasadena Daily News
says that the money to buy his first
set of codes was earned by saving and
splitting dry blue-gum trees out of
Office hours. He failed to add that his
| last set of codes was paid for by the
state of California.
1.-THE district court of appeals amend
ment, establishing a district court of
appeals, was drawn up by the Bar as
sociation and forwarded to Senator
Hahn to introduce. Senator Hahn did
not draw UP this bill. 1t was a meas
1Ir thof ho haa1 1iconcqnd hIy a1 tha
attorneys in the state of California.
The Lighting Bill
Senator Hahn also states that by
request (the record show no request)
he introduced senate bill No. 233
known as the lighting BILL which took
the place of senate bill No. 81. Our
senator forgot to state by request of
whom he had introduced that bill, and
for the Information of the people of
Pasadena we will say that he intro
duced it upon the request of the attor
neys for an electric lighting company,
and that thereafter he worked like
hired man for the bill, and urged
members of both houses to vote for the
same as personal favor to him. +,
"TIis executive committee has en-
tirely misrepresented said senate bill
No. 233 in their explanation thereof.
The object of that bill was that any
city, before it could establish or con-
struct municipal lighting plant, must
buy out the plant of the existing COM
pany, IF THAT COMPANY WISHED
TO SELL.
"The arbitration provided for in that
bill was binding upon the city, but not
at all upon the owners of the private
plant. The executive committee of the
so-called Pasadena Republican club
goes on to say that within thirty days
the whole matter could be determined.
Such is not the truth. 1t could not be
determined if the private companies
desired to sell out at a price named by
the arbitrators. If not there would
still be two sets of poles and nothing
accomplished.
AS Code Reviser
1.-The work of Senator Hahn in look
ing after every section enacted by the
Sode commission was simply wonder