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Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
MAKES REPLY To
PARDEE'S MESSAGE
CONSOLIDATION COMMITTEE
ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS
Point Out the Fact TO the Chief Ex-
eoutlve That the Commission
Is Not a sef-constis
tuted Body

Reply In the nature Of a set Of reso-
lutions to the telegram of Governor
Pardee, In which he stated that he
could not see his way clear to lncor-
porate in his call for a special session
of the legislature any provision for
amendment Of the state constitution.
was made last night at the meeting
of the consolidation committee held in
the Chamber of Commerce building.
The telegram which brought forth
this action on the part of the con-
solidation committee was received by
S. A. Butler, president Of the Greater
Los Angeles commission, and Is as
follows:
General opinion growing that only
those necessities brought about by ca
lamities should be specified in call for
extra session. Reason is that there is
flood of other matters of Importance
but not result of calamities being pro-
posed. Explained this to Washburn
and Koepfli when they were here.
"PARDEE."
The resolutions adopted last night
are as follows:
Resolved, That the public interests
require that there be submitted to the
electors of the state of California at
the next general election crtain consti-
tutional amendments designed to fur
ther the consolidation of the city and
county of Los Angeles, and that for
that purpose the governor include in
his call for a special session of the
legislature, if such special session be
called, a provision permitting the con-
sideraton at such special session of
the question of submitting such con-
stitutional amendments to be voted
upon at the next general election.
Be 1t further resolved, That the sub
mission of such constitutional amend
ments are of vital Importance to this
community and in particular on ac-
count of the development of the plan
for the bringing of water from the
Owens river valley to this vicinity,
and the proper control of the harbors
contiguous to the city of Los Angeles,
and for the sinplif1cation of the plan of
government for our community and re-
ducing the expense thereof.
Be it further resolved, That the ne
cessity for submitting said constitu-
tional amendments at the next general
election creates the nature of an emer-
gency by reason of the fact that unless
the same are submitted it will be inn
possible to bring about consolidation
earlier than four years from the date
of the next general election and it's
advantages would be thereby postponed
and possibly lost, whereas 1t is the
general sentiment in this community
that consolidation should be effected
as soon as possible.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
THE TENNESSEE PLAN

National attention has Just been at
tracted 10 an incident in Tennessee that
points to a solution OF the question
about the election Of United States
senators by popular vote. There we're
two asplrants for the senatorship from
that state, r. w. Carmack, incumbent,
and former Governor Robert l.. Taylor.
Both are Democrats. The matter of
choice was left to a Democratic prima ry
election throughout the state, with
the result that Taylor was chosen.
The federal constitution provides that
United states senators shall be chosen
by the legislatures Of the respective
states. The action of the Tennessee
primaries merely makes Taylor the
choice Of the party and practically obli-
gates the Democratic members of the
legislature to vote for him. AS the
state is safely Democratic the election
of Taylor as senator is assured,
BY this method close approach is
made to the plan of electing United
States senator's by direct popular vote.
1t gives the voters in a political party
an opportunity to express their prefer
ence, with assurance that the wishes
OF the majority will control its mem
bers in the Legislature.
AS a next best" plan to direct
popular vote the one in question seems
desirable, particularly as it is likely to
be a long time before constitutional
amendment can be adopted providing
for direct popular choice Of senator's.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
POSSE SHOOTS
The WRONG MAN
ALLEGED MURDERER THOUGHT
TO BE INNOCENT
Unfortunate Incident Near Foster,
Ore, Following Tragedy Aboard
Moving Train--Flames
Destroy Car
BY Associated Press.

PORTLAND, Ore, May 15.-A special
to the Oregonian from Pendleton, Ore.
gives the account of a mysterious burn
Ing yesterday of a freight car near
Foster Ore, and the death of two per-
sons, one of whom is thought to have
been murdered and the body consumed
i'll the flames.
The other was shot by a member of a
sheriff's posse under the belief that he
was the murderer.
The car was one of the Oregon Rail-
road & Navigation's westbound freight
trains and contained the household
goods and two horses of Col. S. w.
Taylor, commanding at Fort Worden,
Wash.
1t was in charge of Private William
Wilson, Twenty fifth battery, coast
artillery and was en- route from Fort
Riley, Kas., to Port Townsend, Wash.
According to Wilson's statement,
while he was currying one of the horses
about o'clock yesterday morning the
animal kicked him In the breast, cauS-
ing insensibility.
When Wilson came to he says he
found the car on fire. He turned the
horses out of the car and they were
killed in falling to the ground. Wilson
says he then made his way over to the
caboose, where he notified the train
men, who cut the car out at Foster
siding.
After the car had been cut out body
which it is stated may have been either
that of a man or a woman fell out of
the end of the car. A physician says
this body shows indications Of foul
play
While the train was still standing at
Foster a man who had been on the train
declared that there were two tramps
riding in it and that both had been
burned to death. This man hurriedly
made his escape.
A sheriff's posse followed him and ran
down a man near Pine City, few miles
west of Foster, who was thought to be
the fugitive. When ordered to SUR
render he made a motion as If to draw
revolver and was shot and fatally
wounded by Posseman Otis Mccarthy.
This man before he died gave the name
OF John Condley of Pendleton, Ore. 1t
is thought he is not the man for whom
the posse was hunting.
Wilson, who had proceeded with the
train, was arrested at Umatilla and
taken back to Foster. Wilson, in his
statement, declared he was alone in
the oar.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
RoosEvELr IN A rIGHr PlAcH

At this remote distance and without
vet being IN full possession OF all the
facts. It vet looks very much as though
President Roosevelt. In his actions on
the rate bill, has rather overplayed his
hand. Everything indicates that SEN
ator Tillnan has the edge on tho chief
executive. and betwixt the fiery South
Carolina leader and the cool Chandler
the impetuous and rather-inclined-to-
drive president is clearly in a mess. He
stands convicted at least OF playing
both ends against the middle" as Il
were-of using bis Republican oppo-
nents and his Democratic sympathizers
to manipulate politics to his own per-
sonal advantage, though the slip of the
cog which exposed the game now puts
him in the most peculiar position of his
career.
strenuous explaining on the part Of
our trust-baiting. bear-hunting, sem
president to square himself
in this little affair. In plain English. he
is accused by Senator Tlllman of double
dealing. and the senator, Ivy the proofs
which he adduces, seems to have caught
the president with the goods on" The
willy Tillman was quite smart enough
to know that he was only used as a
cats paw to pull presidential chestnuts
from the fire, and he was astute enough
TO secure written proof of this from
ex-senator Chandler, the go-between.
Thus, at the logical moment. Tillman
is enabled to spring this proof, and to
put the president up a gum stump with
a bob-ca between him and terra firma.
The president usually has fine line
of retreat in cases of this nature open
to him. He has Secretary Loeb rush
into print with a denial. This. of course,
has the effect of coming from himself,
whereas it may not be authorized by
him at ALL He thus accomplishes-by
If you please-what he could
not in conscience achieve by direct word.
More than one newspaper man who
has listened to (and printed with SEEM
ing full authority the impetuous verbal
of our strenuous president
written verifcation, knows
this method to his sorrow. Many an
editor has issued orders accordingly
that presidential interviews are in the
form of signed statements or not
at all.
But Tillman seems to have been wise
even to this complication; he secured
signed statements from the other party
to the interview, Chandler. Now it is
purely a case of the veracity of Chand-
Ter, who sticks to his statement abso.
lutely; of Tillman, who supports
of general public opinion,
which believes that Roosevelt is trecd
and wants the dogs called off, on the
one side; and of any possible "explana-
ton which the president Cor Loeb, in
his BEHALF may make And, recognizing
the position in which the president is
placed, that explanation is awaited
with much curiosity, not to speak of
and dubious doubt.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
HIGGINS, A GENIAL HUMORlST

A person giving his name as ]. G..
Higgins, his residence as Boston, Mass.
and pretending to write from Los An
geles, has letter in the Denver Re-
publican that is as rich in humor as it
was intended to be in scurrilousness.
This genial Higgins says, among other
things, that ain this date of the Los
Angeles Times AZ solid columns Of
houses for sale-everybody wanting to
sell out, and all of them telling some
special, ingeniously wrought lies to
hurry the SALE
Higgins is almost too silly for notice,
but his hunior is so bubbling that it
we'll nigh redeems him. He seems to
have the idea so prevalent in Boston,
Denver and other ancient towns that
every piece of property that passes into
any persons hands must be retained
and handed down from father to son.
through successive generations, as a
sacred heirloom.
In Los Angeles, on the contrary, a
man buys a small lot, builds cottage
al
hanced so greatly that he cannot afford
to keep the property, because he can
get so much more for it than it cost
him. There are numbers of persons in
Los Angeles who bought and built
homes three or four times in a period
of less than two years and their profits
were the third house and lot. In other
words, by turning over the property
quickly they got a home free.
Higgins doesn't understand that sort
of business because it couldn't happen
in Boston. And of course it couldn't
happen in Denver, for the sheriff is too
busy selling property there just once
and without any profit.
But the bean-eating Higgins becomes
really and truly funny when he says:
''It reminds one of the Belgian hare
craze of a few years since. All Los An
geles went into 1t and lied by the yard
in the advertising columns. each ono
claiming to have the surest 'getter'
and the costliest stock They named
their bucks Mckinley, Depew, etc,
and asked the people to come out on
Sunday and take look at the bucks
regimentals.
Now it's a house with the paper on
the wall the grass on the lawn, the
Moorish den. tthe Cleopatra boudoir, the
Rabelais window seats, the Boccaccio
Decameron bed chambers and the An
tony coat of arms.
"In the meantime, look into the coun-
try's statistics and you viii find that
this oVer-advertised California hab
more pneumonia, more rheumatism
and more insanity per capita than any
other state in the Union. With just a
little research you can find this to be
a fact, not an advertisement.
1.-THE sunshine out here deserves eau
tious BREWER type. and the shadow
should be mentioned in capitals"
The only crazy people that bother the
county and city governments of Los
are those who come here from
eastern sections, or the high
attitudes Of Colorado. and who get
well IL they stay here long enough.
We suspect that Higgins was here only
a short while. In any event he must
have been here only during the rainy
season, and II Higgins ever saw rain
without few clouds he has seen more !
than any one else ever did.
AS for diseases, people die In Los
Angeles, but mostly Of old age.
Rheumatism, once absorbed in eastern
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

climates. is not easily eradicable but
IN the sunshine Of Southern California
II disappears in the course Of time.
But there arc some folks so consti-
tuted that they cannot be either happy
or healthy in any climate. In heaven
they will kick the golden cobblestones
to see whether they are real Higgins
appears to be one OF these. we are
Obliged to Higgins. He makes a merry
moment in the busiest city on the
American continent.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

After a careful consideration of what
he thought Christ would do il he came
to Los Angeles, Mayor McAleer decided
yesterday that he would, first of all,
hold sessions of the police board at
right in order to avoid the evening
newspaper reports. Well, the evening
newspapers are pretty bad and ill
smelling, 1t is true, but they can't hold
a candle to Hearst's yellow morning
guttersnipe 1t looks as though the
mayor is not up very high on sacred
questions. and he ought to guess again.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

The police department protests that
the crib district, which The Herald has
unearthed, is not a crib district, but a
''parlor district" In defining the diff
ference the police department appears
to be very hazy and unintelligible.
But, admitting that there is distinc-
tion, who gives the police the authority
to have a social evil district of any
kind? The mayor is already on record
as favoring such district, but before
he had fairly got started on the PROPOSE
ton he was met by such thunderous
protest that he was forced to back
out. Why, then, this red-Hght dis
trict? 1t is unlawful and menace to
the peace and welfare of the city. Close
1t up. Run 'em out.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

Mayor McAleer, it is reported, has
asked the Municipal league to take the
sense OF its membership on the question
of removing the limit from the number
Of saloons IN Los Angeles, or at least
the fixing of a larger definite number
than 200. This. on the belief of the
mayor that II the limit were raised, the
breweries could not own the licenses,
as they seem TO now. But the mayors
reasoning is fallacious, II the brew
cries own or control the 200 present
licenses, why wouldn't they own $50 or
800? Let licenses lapse with a lapsed
saloon and there will be less trouble.
Perhaps the better and surer way
would be to double the amount of the
license. Certainly the Municipal league
win not favor an increase In the num-
Der OF saloons.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
CHANGES MADE AT STANFORD
Chicago and Portland Educational Men
Become Members of the
EactultY

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, May 10.
AT meeting of the Stanford univer-
sity board OF trustees yesterday DR..
Thorstein B. Veblem of the University
of Chicago was appointed to an asso-
ciate professorship iii the economic de-
partment of Stanford.
Assistant Professor E. P. Cubberle
OF the educational department has been
made full professor, and John Craw-
ford ir, of Portland, Ore, graduate
of Columbia, has been appointed an in
structor in metallurgy.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
MAY DAY STRIKE AT AN END

ST. PETERSBURG, May 15.-The
May day strike has ended. The work.
men of st. Petersburg and generally
throughout the country resumed work
today.
The men of the new admiralty works,
where Vice Admiral Kuzmich was as
sassinated yesterday, were kept at the
works until far into the night in order
to enable the police to continue the
search for the assassin, but no positive
clue was obtained
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

Welcome as legal holidays usually
are 10 the taxeaters of the county
court house, it is safe to say that even
they will welcome the end of the
present series. Every additional one
makes that much more work to be
caught up-and work in the court house
is an awful bugbear.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
John oaIdwelI TlddaII
OBJECTS TO JOHNS
AND 'ANDY'S GIFTS

NORTHAMPTON, Mass, May 49,
Because the college trustees have ac-
cepted gifts from John ID. Rockefeller
and Andrew Carnegie Mary 10. Bird
for nineteen years an instructor in the
astronomical department of Smith col
lege, today rendered her resignation
Miss Bird says that she will prepare
a formal statement of her position to
be read at the commencement exer-
cises in June, when the matter of
changes in the faculty and in stan are
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
-FOUR ARE KILLED IN RIOTS
White Men and Negro Soldiers Battle
to the Death at Crawford,
Nebraska
By Associated Press.

CRAWFORD, Neb., May 15.-Four
are now dead as a result of the riots
between white men and negro soldiers
from Fort Robinson.
William Murphy, white, was killed at
midnight by squad of soldiers guard
ing the Jail Murphy with others tried
to form a lynching party to gain pos
session of the negro who killed Arthur
Moss the night watchman.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

The grumpy Denver Republican COM
plains because one Los Angeles paper
carried twenty-six columns of "houses
for sale" advertisements in one Sunday
issue. AS the Republican didn't have
twenty-six columns of advertisements
all told It's sneers are easily under
stood.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

There are three or four dilapidated
old advertising banners hanging across
the downtown streets which do not add
any to the attractiveness of the Fiesta
decorations.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

Congress has passed 5000 bills so far
only $50 of which concern the public"
But isn't congress elected to serve the
public? And If not one-tenth of its
work is for the public isn't the rest at
least suspicious?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

The hotel managers and clerks-and
they ought to know-say that their
trade is greater now than in May of
last year. Even the Hearst yellow cam
not harm Los Angeles, vile as the yell
low is
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
Will Build Road to Coast

WINNIPEG, Man, May 15.-In an
here today James j. Hill,
president of the Great Northern rail-
way, said he expected to have "A
line completed from Winni-
peg to the coast by the time the Grand
Trunk Pacific had reached this city,
which means by the fall of 1907.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

or course, of all others, The Herald
would prefer to see the national Demo-
cratic convention held in Los Angeles in
1908. But, lacking that, The Herald
would really welcome the Republican
body with smiling good grace and cour-
tesy.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

The Y. M. c. A. requires less than
100000 to complete it's building fund
and has six days in which to raise it.
No. one doubts its success, but it would
be comforting to see it coming in
faster.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

The city, by the United States su-
preme court, has jurisdiction over the
waters above the city. However, this
doesn't refer to the rain; that still is as
Independent as ever.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
More Money for "John d.

NEW YORK, May 15.-The Standard
Oil company today declared a quarterly
dividend of SO share. This compared
with SIS dividend in the last previous
quarter and one of 80 a year ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

The slaughter of the poles promised
to that which stirred Russia lately.
And this slaughter will do much more
good, too.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

What Willie Ridiculous really ought
to do is to send a real relief train to
Dowie. All the takers should stand
together in this great crisis.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
Refuaee InstantIy killed

POINT RICHMOND, May &c.
Riley, 25 years old, was struck by the
Stockton local train here today and in
stantly killed. He was a refugee from
San Francisco living at the Rockefeller
camp.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

The customs edict has succeeded the
boycott in China. But it is just as
deadly. as Americans know by ex-
perience.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

And still the fact remains that the
merchants can cut off the Hearst lies
about Los Angeles whenever they wish.
1t rests with them.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
Overdue Bark Arrives

NEW YORK, May 15.-The bark
Francis $. Hampshire, from Port Ar
thur today, forty-fye days overdue be-
cause Of calms, reached here with her
provisions exhausted.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
Wireless Conference Postponed

By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 15.-The state
department has been advised that the
wireless telegraph conference which
was to have been held at Berlin June
20 next has been postponed to Octo-
Der 8.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

Since Mr.. Huntington has apparent
ly determined to withhold the owl car
service until the city wakens up, why
shouldn't the city proceed to awaken?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
DIES WHILE PLAYING PIANO
Young Girl In Philadelphia Drops
Over Deao AZ Charity
Concert

Concert
Special to The Herald.
PHILADELPHIA, May 15.-WhiIe
performing on the piano in aid Of the
San Francisco sufferers at a charity
concert, Miss Bertha Carson dropped
from the piano stool dead in the Fif-
tleth Baptist church here last evening.
Her tragic fate did not become gem
orally known until the inquest today.
Miss Carson apparently in the best
health, played brilliantly. and when
about to end her performance those in
the audience saw her suddenly reel
forward and fall to the floor
In an instant the audience was
hushed and doctor carried tho young
woman to a side room, where she was
pronounced dead.
The news of her death soon came to
the ears of those i'm the audience, and
after a short prayer the pastor ended
the entertainment.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
Population of Los Angeles 23S,4I9

dock" Houghton has taken to roller
sl<ating-thus completing his career of
foolishness.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

Los Angeles needs an owl car serv-
ice and should have it at the earliest
possible moment.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
DEATHS OF THE DAY
Major earak G. Thomaa

BY Associated Press
LEXINGTON, KY, May 15.-Maior
Barak G.. Thomas, the "Nestor'' of Ken
lucky racing, breeder of Domino and
Himyar and founder of the famous Dix
lana stud, died today in his SOth year
of senile diabetes He was known all
over the world as one of Kentucky's
most noted breeders of Thoroughbred
horses.
John Caldwell TiddalI
NEW YORK, May 15.-Brigadier
General John Caldwell TlddaH, u. s. A..
retired, first governor of Alaska and
for many years commandant at West
Point, died at his home i'm Montclalr,
N. j., today aged 81 years. He wrote
a number of books, among them a
manual on artillery tactics and a his
tory of the artillery in the civil war
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
cltizenshIp for Porto RIcans

WASHINGTON, May 15,--The house
committee OH insular>affairs today au-
thorized favorable report on a bill
extending United States citizenship to
the inhabitants of Porto Rico.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

Los Angeles IN the only city of its
size In the United states without a y.
VI. q. a. building or a fund for such
building. Phe completion of the fund
now being raised here IL a matter that
concerns every tax payer.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

The comedian-Y Yep, We played to stand
ing room only In Squerdunk.
The Tragedan-Indeedl
The Comedian-Suf thing. You see the
sherin had attached and removed ali the
seats la the opera house
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

Bunco Bill--so you won't look at the
gold brick, chr
Rube Ryestraw--Wal. no; you see allus
buys my gold brick from Mr., Slick
slayin, an 1 don't want 70 change my
trade
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16

Owl cars for Fiesta, Mr.. Huntington?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
"a Rich MAN.

First Burglar-Ever Trike anything
rich?
Second Burglar-Yes. l was arrested
once for assaulting Fuller Koyne. de mil
lionaire.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
one way Oal.

Jinks-Don't you think the man who
marries for money Il fooll
Winks~He Is unless he sets II IA ad-
vance.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
The Steinway

Because of this quality in addition to its wonderful MUSICAL
attributes the Seinway is the most economcal piano. o
onv will the Stenwav wear louger but will always bring
higher price should circumstances compel sale than any
other make. No matter how you look at It, the otenWay
tl1e 1lnnara1eed mann Investment
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-16
A Call Down.

First Delegate-You didn't open your
mouth during the whole convention.
Second Delegate-Oh. yes did. l
yawned all through your speech.