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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-29

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-29

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-29

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Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
BEFORE THE X.RAY

When Guiteau shot President Garfield
the X-ray had not been discovered.
The surgeons probed again and again.
Other experiments were made to find
where the bullet lay, and among them
some by means Of DR.. Alexander Gra-
ham Bells inductive balance, which had
then just been invented. Says DR.. Bell:
my instrument consisted of piece
of mahogany board of about the size
and shape of flatiron. 1t had handle
upon the top, and it's bottom was COW
cred with green cloth. Inside the
board was an electric coil, so made that
when it was moved over anything of a
metallic substance it would buzz. The
instrument afterward proved to be of
great value for this purpose in hospi-
tails, although 1t failed in connection
with President Garfield. We took the
machine to the White House and tried
1t upon the president. To our surprise
the machine began to buzz whenever
1t came near him. According to it he
was full of lead. A day or two later I
came to the conclusion that there must
have been something metallic about the
bed upon which President Garfield was
lying. L inquired and learned that his
mattress was resting on wire springs,
and it was the steel wire that made the
machine buzz."-San Francisco Argo-
naut.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
ruE MOON

one Of the most beautiful, interesting
and conspicuous objects in the world is
the moon, and yet nine-tenths OF the
people know nothing about II. They
co not know the distance to Il, Its size,
its motion, its physical nature. They
will nay n dollar to see the blue
moon" or some other such nonsense;
but to see the real moon, that has the
g.ory Of God about it, they would
scarcely turn their heads. Behold IL,
these fair October nights, I'm It's full
beauty high I'm the skies. II seems al
most to speak to one, SO mild and gem
tie II Is, and so very near, and yet II is
1000 miles away, but the nearest OF
all heavenly bodies except now and
then the big meteor that comes sailing
through our air. 1t seems to be travel
ing west, yet it Is going east at the rate
of more than half q mile in q second:
And It is going with the earth around
the sun four times faster than that.
Up there in the skies, 1t seems only
foot or two in diameter, but it is
2160 miles. 1t would take nearly five
areas the size of the United states TO
cover its surface. 1t is as dry as u
cinder, which 1t probably is-no air, no
water and it Is colder than Ice all the
time, and on the side turned from the
sun It is 800 degrees below zero. Grav-
ity at the moon Is one sixth less than
it Is at the surface of the earth. There
fore IL q man Weighing $50 on the
earth would go to the moon he would
only weigh % pounds up there, and, IL
he would keep up his strength, he could
jump forty feet on the moon where he
could jump only six feet on the earth.
Ohio State Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
BEN WARD AND THE PUSH

LOS ANGELES Oct. 26-(Editor
Herald: 1t is the command of two cor
porations to the push that Ben Ward
must be beaten in order that they may
be saved from assuming their fair share
of the burdens of taxation. Wards Of
fense is that he has been insstent on
digging up all property liable to pay
taxes, and in assessing property on
the principle of fair valuation, grant
ing favOrs to none. He has reversed
the rule of putting a mans load on a
childs back, and if there has been any
departure from the rule that each per-
son should pay taxes in proportion to
his holdings it has been in favor of
those least able to bear the burden.
His principle has been to shield the
weak from the oppression of the strong
If he downs the push it will be stripped
of its financial backing, for corpora
tions VIII not put up unless they can
make something from it.
Cal Hartwell Wards opponent, in
the general relations of life is a re-
spectable man, but he has been u most
devoted adherent to the machine for
10 these twenty years. He was nomin-
ated for assessor in the expectation
that he will favor corporations in maxi
ing assessments, and he cannot be so
dull as not to know this, and 1t will be
a grief TO the gang that nominated him
If he should disappoint them.
1t is not the assessor only that the
corporations want but the board of su-
pervisors. They have two now for
sure, who are holdoVers, Patterson and
Wilson. In the First district Captain
Manning, the candidate, will see that
no injustice is done the small taxpay-
ers; he and Alexander will be an offset
to the other two. Hence the whole con-
test is between Eldridge in the Third
district, the candidate of the corpora
tions, and DR.. Lamb, the candidate of
the people. If the latter is elected the
small taxpayers will be given a fair
show.
So, far. then, as the question of bear
ing the fair share of taxation by all the
people. all depends on the election of
Ben Ward as assessor and DR.. Lamb as
supervisor
ROO EVELT REPUBLICAN,.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
WATER METER FARCE

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26.-(Editor
Herald): l notice the timely article by
Val. Stone in yesterdays Herald. and
can heartily indorse all he says on the
subject from my own experience. He
says truly enough that we would not
stand for such extortlonate methods
from a grocer; why should we put up
with these overcharges by water de-
partment2
To charge 81 for IA cents worth Of
water. and yet call 1t water by meter,
is neither business nor common hon
esty; and 1t will not be by this kind OF
thing that municipal ownership will
gain the confidence OF the masses.
Thanking Tho Herald for its public
spirit I'm taking up this question. and
hoping other water victims Will write
their views, l am yours truly,
JOHN G. ORTIZ
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
PRoSTRATH SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco PROSTATE, with the grip
OF Abe Ruef at It's throat, is the most
amazing spectacle ever witnessed in an
American city. supplementing that
spectacle is a secondary one, scarcely
less astonishing. II Is that of the dis
trict attorney OF San Francisco, the
OFFICIAL whose duty is to protect the
community I'm legal affairs. making the
Ruef spectacle possible by deserting his
official post and wildly chasing a gu-
bernatorial rainbow over the length and
breadth Of California.
Never before was an American city
subjected to such humiliation. No won
der that this remnant of the spirit Of
40" cries aloud for heroic measures of
relief.
Abe Ruef, the man who delivered"
the votes that assured Gillett's nomina-
tion, and Lawyer Langdon, attached to
Hearst's California organ-these two
are the persons who have precipitated
San Francisco to the depth of degra-
dation now witnessed by an astonished
world.
And yet there Is ray of hope for
San Francisco in the old saying that
when rogues fall out honest men get
their due" With Ruef and his gang
of municipal cutthroats arrayed against
Hearst and his gang Of black-flag hire
lings it is to be hoped that fight may
result with an ending recalling the bat
tie Of the Kilkenny cats.
But will San Francisco remain pros
trate while this fight of the Ruef and
Hearst hosts is going on? Certainly
not If there is left even a spark of the
old fire that kindled the Esprit of '49.''
For the sake of that once proud city,
and for the sake of CALIFORNIA; good
name let us hope that the reputable
element of San Francisco's population
will now take the bull by the horns
and figuratively send both the Ruef and
the Hearst gangs to the municipal
slaughter house.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
A BOYS EPIGRAM

Mrs. Russell Sage taught school in
her youth in Philadelphia, and Phila-
delphia woman who was once her pupil
said the other day:
II remember Miss Slocum, as she
was then called u very intelligent,
cheerful, Industrious young lady, and
a great favorite with all of us.
"She had a way of hammering home
an idea with an apt anecdote that we
girls enjoyed hugely.
zone day, in impressing on us the
Importance of persevering, she said
that she knew a little boy who was a
remarka bly, fine skater.
'She watched the youngster, one
winter afternoon, do the front and back
roll, the grapevine, the glide and other
feats of tremendous difficulty, and
finally. overcome with enthusiasm, she
patted him on the back and said:
How on earth, at your age, did
you learn to skate so magnifcent?'
"'By getting up every time L fell
down. was the boys simple answer"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
elssoN's DEFINITION OF "LAoY

II dined with Charles Dana Gibson
at Princess restaurant in London dur
ing the season." said a Chicagoan.
THE lofty, spacious dining room was
filled with women in pale gowns, their
hair uncovered and their arms and
necks bare and though these women
were fashionable, aristocratic, they
smoked cigarettes with their coffee as
they watched the biscope pictures that
went on at one end of the big ROOM
and as they listened to the singing that
went on at the other.
amid all this feminine smoking we
Americans began to discuss and to
define the word lady Was it ladylike
TO smoke? we asked. Would a lady
ever smoke? What was lady?
IL think Mr.. Gibsons definition of a
lady was the best that was given.
"a lady, he said, ignoring the smoke
question altogether, lis a woman who
always remembers Others and never
forgetS herself "-Philadelphia Bulle.
fin
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
Yester Year


The world is gold and pink and white,
The blue of sky is fiecked with foam
The birds are chorusing delight
About the hanging caves OF home;
Ana yester year you laughed
and, o,
You loved it. dear. you loved it so.
The. sun shines through the lilac tree
That stands beside the garden gate,
Again the quest of thrifty bee
AS ,yhiai when you stood there-glad to
And yester year you smiIed--for. o,
You loved 1t, dear, you loved 1t SO.
The little bridge across the brook
Is shaded by the chestnut plumes
The wind is silent now that shook
The petals of a hundred blooms;
ana yester year you watched
You loved it all. you loved it so.
The swallow throws thin swift shade
Across the lawn sunkissed and green.
The petal SHOWS in drifts are laid,
The rosebuds peep their leaves be-
And yester year you hoped-and, o.
watch because you loved it so.
The road winds through the green
hedgerowS
To where upon a hill is set
The garden where the cypress grows,
And hours the chiseled records fret;
ana yester year you saW--but, o,
You left 1t though you loved II So
The flowers stoop the graves TO kiss
Which round the gray church cluster
near;
one white cross more than yester
year;
And yester year you Ioved--and o.
The gladness OF q year ago
Pail Mall Gazette
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
A SCHEME THAT WON'T WORK

Distract public attention from Gill
lett's affiliation with Ruef and Parker,
as shown in The Herald's photograph
of the banquet scene on the night be-
fore the Santa Cruz convention"
I'm order thus to distract public at
tention let every Republican newspa-
per and spellbinder unite in charg-
ing that Bell is creature of the trade
unionists. Play without ceasing on this
harp of a single string and cause a
racket that will make the welkin ring
These two paragraphs seem to en-
body a general order sent out from
the Espee-Republican headquarters as
last resort to boost the waning
chances for Gilletts election. That Her.
aid photograph of the Gillett- Ru eff
Parker loVe-feast on the eve of the Re
publican state convention has alarmed
the group even as Belshazzar and his
revelers We're alarmed by the writing
on the wall at Babylon.
Turn the public eye from The Her.
AIDS telltale Photograph or all is lost
Try to do it by raising such din and
dust that voters will be able to see
and hear nothing about those three
graces at the Santa Cruz banquet-Gil-
lett, Ruef and Parker. Down with Bell,
the labor union tool, who is in league
with all the worst elements in Califor-
MIA"
That in substance is the order from
Espee-Republican machine headquar-
ters judging from the raucous response
all along the line of Republican shout
ers.
And there is no more basis for the
than there would be for a like howl
concerning Theodore Roosevelt Not a
sentence nor a syllable uttered by Bell
can be quoted in justification of the
charge now blared from end to end of
California.
AS The Herald has heretofore shown
by copious extracts from speeches by
Mr.. Bell, there is unquestionable evil
dence that no foundation whateve
exists for the trumped-up charge now
projected into the campaign as a last
desperate effort to turn the tide that is
running lake millrace against Gillett,
the political dummy of the combination
represented in that banquet photo
graph.
But this dust throwing to blind the
public eye; this blare and racket to
deafen the public ear, will fail in the
purpose. 1t may be a very good
scheme" but 1t will prove to be of the
kind that viii not work practically.
AS an illustration of the absurdity of
the charge against Bell, suppose that
Theodore Roosevelt Were nominated for
office by Republican convention and
indorsed by union labor convention,
Would he refuse the Endorsement?
Would he not say, as Bell said, that 81
recognize the right of labor to organize,
and II elected l Will give you, in COM
mon with every other honest man, a
square dear? Would not Roosevelt
say and do that very thing? especially
remembering that Mr., Roosevelt is in
such close sympathy with honestly Or
ganized labor that he has accepted cleo
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
Mr.. BELL ON LABOR

@ On Saturday night, September
@ 20. Hon. Theodore A. bell. Demo.
@ cratic nominee for governor, nd-
@ dressed the union labor organ
O lzations of this city. who had
@ given him a great reception. an
9 the course of his speech NJ. He'll
@ said,
@ ~ have always belle yed thnt the
@ chief executive OF the state should
@ not and cannot be the representa-
o tive of any special class.
@ $50 for that reason I will not
@ say IL 1 am elected L will be the
9 special representative of labor, for
9 IL I did you would not believe me,
@ and If L did 1 would he unworthy
@ to hold that Office.
9 ~ have taken this nomination
@ from the labor party as a great
9 compliment to me. have not
@ been an agitatOr or demagoSue
@ with them. have simply told
@ them my views of labor conditions
o and what L mean to do.
Q "They have exncted mo pledge
O from me. They hnve simply asked
@ me to give labor square deal. 4
@ would have done that even had
@ they not asked me. For had L
9 felt otherwise toward labor, or
O any other class, would have felt
@ unworthy to accept the nominal
9 tion."
5000 100000 @ g 100000
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
RuEr AND GILLHTT

Ajax "defying the lightning" is the
only fitting parallel to the pose OF Abe
Ruef IN his defiance OF the decent part
OF San Francisco's population. In the
desperate effort to save himself from
prosecution for colossal grating, he
audaciously grasps the office of district
attorney, by the grace Of his mayoral
puppet and attempts to stifie the prose-
cution by dismissing the assistant dis
trict attorney credited with having
gathered convincing testimony against
him.
AS q feature Of this self-protective
bluff, Ruef has instituted a criminal
suit for libel against San francisco
newspaper The gist of the alleged libel
is this statement: ABE Ruef has been
guilty Of hundreds of distinct felonies
extending over a period OF years and
committed with boldness which did
not anticipate the possibility of such
Investigation as now is under way. At
least ten of these felonies have been
proved, and will be absolutely demon
strated in a court of law
That man Ruef, whom the San Fran
cisco newspaper charges with wholesale
robbery Of the city, is the political die
tator who rounded up the an Francisco
delegates at the Santa Cruz convention
to vote for and thus nominate James
n. Gillett for governor.
That man Ruef, who is accused by
the said newspaper Of one colossal graft
netting him $3,0OO.OOO, is the person who
appears as one of two central figures in
the reproduced photograph in last Sun
days Herald, depicting the banquet
love-feast at which the candidates were
! selected for nomination by the conven-
tion at Santa Cruz on the Following day.
That man Ruef appears in sitting
posture in the said Photographic repro
duction with a tall man erect directly
behind him. The tall man is James N.
! Gillett, who secured the nomination for
! governor by virtue of votes cast by
| Ruef's San Francisco henchmen.
Upon a shoulder of that man Ruef.
J as depicted in the Photographic repro =
duction, rests the left hand of James N.
| Gillett, in a pose suggestive of the
closest intimacy. And the facial ex-
preston Of Mr.. Gillett beams with
pleasure at the association and evinces
| gratitude toward the man who had just
promised to assure him the guberna-
| torial nomination.
That man Ruef is not the kind Of per-
son who gives Something for nothing -
| The time is likely to come, in the event
of Mr.. Gillett's election, when the
power and influence of the governor of
California may be potential in saving q
convicted criminal from wearing stripes
and practicing the lockstep. And if
one-tenth of the charges against Ruef
are true, there will probably be an op-
portunity to repay the favor whereby
Mr.. Gillett became a candidate for
governor.
Every vote cast against James n
Gillett on election day will be a vote
against the dominance of Gillett's
sponsors and backers-the Espee-Re
publican state machine and the SaI
Francisco adjunct controlled by thai
man Ruef, the alleged colossal CRATER
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

The inauguration yesterday of Dr.
John Willis Baer as president of Occi-
dental college marks an epoch in the
history OF this growing institution.
DIR. Baer is splendid educator, a
Christian gentleman. and the Presby-
terian church ana public generally
have high hopes Of his accomplishments
in his present fed OF labor. His inau-
guration happily brought to Los An
geles, for at least one day, such WELL
known educators as Benjamin Ide
Wheeler and David Starr Jordan, whose
presence at the stately ceremony added
interest 70 the occasion. DR.. Baer viii
md that In his great work he has the
sympathy and encouragement Of all
Southern California.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
His Mood

A member of the faculty of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin tells Harpers
Weekly of some amusing replies made
by a pupil undergoing examination in
English. The candidate had been in
structed to write out examples of the
Indicative, the subjunctive, the poten-
tial and the explanatory moods. His
effort resulted as follows
81 am endeavoring to pass an English
examination. If 1 answer twenty ques-
tions L shall pass. If / answer Twelve
QUESTIONS l may pass. God help mel"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

Congressman Smith ignored and re-
fused to answer the questions put to
him at Bakersfield by c. A. Barlow
respecting the Owens river water en-
terprise. This one fact-if there were
no others-should defeat Smith in the
Eighth district.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

Keep it in mind that the Abe Ruef
who seized the reins of government at
San Francisco in order to protect him
self and Schmitz and others from
prosecution is the same Abe Ruef upon
whose shoulder the hand Of James N.
Gillett was affectionately laid in the
famous photograph in last Sundays
Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

Abe Ruef is member OF the state
Republican committee of California and
stands so high in the councils of the
Republican machine bosses that when
the photograph of the machine was
taken at Santa Cruz, on the night be-
fore the convention, James N. Gillett
was proud to lay his hand Affection
ately upon Abe Ruef's shoulder and
have his picture taken.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

Abe Ruef could never have appointed
himself district attorney of San Fran
cisco If District Attorney Langdon had
been at his desk attending to the du-
ties which he had sworn to perform
and which the honest people of San
Francisco We're daily appealing to him
to perform. Don't forget that
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

tion as an honorary member Of the
union labor organisation OF Locomotive
Engineers
Mr.. Bell has done no more than
President Roosevelt would do under
similar circumstances, ana hence the
Republican assaults upon him for ac-
cepting a Labor Union party nominal
tion are the silliest Of campaign twad-
die
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

The county non-partisan ticket is
becoming more and more popular as
the days pass by and the people are
able to compare it with the mud and
mire and filth of partisan politics. 1t
is good ticket, fairly representative of
the people of Los Angeles, and for that
reason it, will be elected.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

The California promotion committee,
being now in the act of showing some
signs that it finds Southern California
to be on recently published maps,
stands a good chance of winning the
respect and encouragement of this
section. California is a particularly
big state when it stands up together.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

God help San Francisco and God
deliver the rest OF u.s." fervently de-
elares Republican organ. The Herald
doesn't feel authorized to speak for the
Almighty, but it's dollars to doughnuts
that il the Republican organ aforesaid
will quit standing up for such fellows
as Gillett and his machine hackers it's
prayers might reach a little higher up.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

Ruef has been temporarily restrained
from appointing himself district attor-
ney of Sa-- Francisco; but it will never
be forgotten that the same powers and
Vaccinations that elected Mayor
Schmitz conserved and combined to
force upon the honest Republicans of
California the ticket named at Santa
Cruz
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

The Southern Pacific machine bosses
are employing every means known to
campaign misrepresentation to defeat
Ben Ward, honest man, for assessor.
Are you going to permit them to sue
coed? It's up to you personally, Mr..
Uofer
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

If Langdon had not been neglecting
his duties as district attorney of San
Francisco Abe Ruef would not have
had the opportunity of appointing Abe
Ruef as district attorney. Remember
that
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
R0msseeksrs' CYa6 Teniahf.

Every one desiring To secure a farm home
in California is invited to the meeting at 5
o'clock this evening in Home EKtepaloA Hail.
Chamber Of commerce' Fourth new town and
colony Aow being formed. also the Los Anse-
les Acre Lot Club. Land distributed at whole
sale to members Come ana learn.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

Between the municipal water meter
and the primary elections the newest
citizen sometimes has trouble deter
mining "where he is att
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

1t is always darkest just before dawn
Hence the dawn in California must be
close just now.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
Population of Los Angeles. 5I.463 |

Ruef and Gillett, Herrin and Hearst.
Keep these worthless in mind.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

Bells return to Los Angeles on Sat-
urday, November g. will be the largest
event of the season.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

Herrin and Hearst, Ruef and Gillett.
or Bell and decent state government.
Which?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27

The twin local farces: The water
meter and the primary election.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-27
MACHINE POLITICIANS, MACHINE VOTERS, VOTING MACHINE

Cooperate Each for the Other and All for the
Political Boss
pY LIONEL, A. SHELDON