Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-19

city of Long Beach, nor the county OF
Los Angeles. nor any Individual, car
| bring any suit or action to annul these
grants or franchises or test the right OF
the claimants to hold them, because the
attorney general of this state Is alone
authorized to bring such proceedings by
actions in quo warranto.
Nothing remains of the water front
of the Wilmington bay or San Pedro bay
not In the control of the railway COM
bine or it's allied interests.
There is not public wharf between
the bay of San Francicso 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 such rates until
these illegal grants and seizures are
annulled by an attorney general of the
state who represents the people. The
construction of the Panama canal cam
not improve this situation.
Remember, my fellow citizens, that
Mr. Webb has been your attorney gem
eral for four years and has not made
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 steps to
make San Pedro harbor a free harbor,
for under the present conditions that
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.
Pledges to Open Harbor
Believe me when L say that the
strong arm of the federal government
cannot make San Pedro a free harbor.
The federal government may expend
sufficient money to fill that harbor level
with the surface with twenty dollar
gold pieces. and still it will remain a
closed harbor.
Il repeat, that there is but one man
In all the world who can make that a
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
free harbor to the commerce of the
world. 1 do not believe that the citi-
zens of this country will longer submit
to corporate domination and corpora
tion rule without crying out in protest
against its abuses. l pledge you. the
people of the state, now if l am elected
attorney general l will recover every
foot of public land and every franchise
illegally held by any corporation or in
dividual i'm this state, and the peoples
rights shall be protected.
Il am sure you will agree with me
when 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 polite and
proclaim again that California shall be
Free That the American flag shall con-
tinue to represent a free people, not a
people controlled and ruled by unright-
eous and unholy influences; that its
fair folds shall no longer be stained by
the blood of corporate greed. but that II
shall be kissed by the breezes untar-
nished, unsullied and free from the
taint of Illicit gain"