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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
LOWER WHEAT MARKET
ON HEAVIER SHIPMENTS
Heavy Northwest Movement
FavOrs the Bears; RecOy-
cry at the Close.

CHICAGO, Sept. 10.-Early in the day
the wheat market was depressed because
OF the large Northwest movement. lower
cables and heavier shipments from Rus
sla. Later, however. II was announced
that the Russian spring wheat crop WAS
20 per cent less than the crop last year
and this put some backbone into the mar
ket Trade slacleened considerably dur
Ing the last part OF the session and the
closing was barely steady. December
opened at 71%@71hc, sold between 7llk@
7l$c and 7lEs @71Ac and closed at 7l%c,
down 3s@Ac.
The corn. market was easier at the
opening, chiefly because Of large local and
primary receipts, prices being off ia
ssc. Offerings became scarce on the de-
cline and prices recovered somewhat, a
fear OF possible frost in Nebraska lead
ing the advance. December opened at
41S@4lMc, sold between 4lM and 41M@
42c and closed unchanged at 41%c.
RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES.
Open, High. Low. Close,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
NOT MUCH CHANGE
IN METAL MARKETS
Copper Is Strong and Slightly
Higher, While Lead Re-
mains Firm.

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-The London tin
market was unchanged to q shade lower
at the close today, with spot closing at
ELSA 5s and futures at s1S3 5s. Locally
the market was a shade easier in tone,
with buyers at $4,000 and holders asking
S4e50.
Copper was unchanged in London, with
both spot and futures quoted at csc 15s.
Locally the market was strong and
higher, with lake quoted at SlSS2h "a
i9.12h electrolytic. SlS.75@19.oO; casting,
S1S.50@1S.7S.
Lead was firm at s5,75@5.95 In the local
market, and advanced 2s Sd, to ELS Is Cd
In London.
Spelter was unchanged at G27 los on
the London market. but ruled firmer To-
cally, with spot quoted at s6.0546,l5.
Iron was lower in the English markets.
with Standard foundry quoted at 54s and
Cleveland warrants at 34s 45ld. Locally
no change was reported, No l foundry
Northern is quoted at s20O06210 90; No
foundry Northern. rSl9.50@20.00: No.
foundry Southern, S2050@21.00; No. 2
foundry Southern, S20,00920.50
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Sept. l0,-Cattle-Re-
ceipts. 10000 market steady to strong;
native steers s4.0096,5o, Southern steers,
S2.75d3S0; Southern cows, $1759900;
native cows and heifers, s200@4.S5;
stockers and feeders. $2.50645O; bulls.
S2.SO@3.5O; calves, s3.00@6,0O, Western
steers, S3.5O16.l6; Western cows, S2.000
400.
higher: bulk OF sales, s610@635 heavy,
Sc Oo@6.15; packers, Ss.lo@6.35; pigs and
lights. s620064O.
sheep-Receipts. 7OOO market steady;
muttons, s475@5.50; lambs, S60o@765; /;
range wethers, s5.O0@575; ewes, $4,000
& 40
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
New York Flour and Grain.

NEW YORK, Sept, 10.-Flour-Re-
ceipts, $4,000; exports, 20. 500 barrels;
quiet and easier.
Minnesota patents. S4.1O@435.
Whea,-Receipts. 216.G0O, exports, 1872
100; spot. easy; No. 2 red. 1850, eleVa-
tor; No. red, 77Bc fob. atloat; No.
i northern. Duluth. 1890 fob. aGoat;
No hard winter, 1850 fob anoat.
Sharp declines occurred carly in the
session owing TO weak cables. heavy
Northwest receipts. favorable weather
and liberal worlds shipments. Covering
followed. however, and the late market
was steadier with corn closing only sc
lower May, S1%@s2Sc; closed. 80 Lice;
September, 7615@76&c; closed 76Ssc;
December. 70 3-i6079 7-16ci closed:
1g9ac.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
Omaha.

OMAHA, Sept. Misunderstanding
5000 market good. stronger: others
steady; native steers. s4,40@6.4o; COWS
and heifers. S250@425 Western steers,
sS 00I525; Texas steers. $275Q435; COWS
and heifers, $20G9S50; Gamers, s1,50@
90; stockers and feeders, s2.7504.5O,
calves, $3o0@575; bulls and stays, Sl.15
Hogs-Receipts. 200; market strong to
5c higher; heavy, So 570@6.00; mixed, $3.50
G5.95; light. s5.9O@615, pigs, $5.oO@5.S5;
bulk. s5.9O65,05,
sheep-Rcceipts, 10000; market steady
IN stronger, yearllngs. $5.50G6.00;
wethers, $5.00@5.60; ewes. $i.5OG5.25;
lambs. S650m75O.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
TIME TABLE
IN EFFECT
JUNE II. 1906.

ARRIVE.
Omaha, St. Louis. kansas ci,y,
sNoi Hn' l1wFrom RonTSr Maiysviile. st.
Anthony, IdHho Fa''s. Black
termcdiatc points ........... 7:lo a.u
Butte. San Francisco .,.,.,. $3.50 am
No. 6-From Ogden aud inter
mediate points .......... $50 Am
No l2-From ogdon. Cache Val
ley, Mnad, Park City ard in
- tcrmediaio points -; l1:zo an
No. 1s-From Chicago. Omaha.
Ogden snd othcr points. A:25 pm
No. Prom Ogden Chicago, St.
Louis, Kansas City, Omaha,
Denver and San Francisco :. :, OLE p.n.
Nc. 1o-From Ogden Cache Val
10y, Butte, Portland and san
DEPART.
No. 6-For Ogden, Omaha, Chi
eeago, Denver. Kansas City ani
No, For Ogden. Poriland, " "'
Butte. San Francisco and in.
No. For ogden, onoha. Chi ''''
fso ST. Louis saHSFi aai san mafsns cty 1880 Pm
No; 1I-For Ogden, Cache Valley,
- mediate points -. A:o5 pm.
eago and other points 80. 1888 pm.
no. 3-For Ogden. Denver. Kan
sen City. Omaha, ST. Louis and
'No. i50Fcr ogden, pocatoi!o, '' ''D-
BlncEfoot. idaho Falls, ST. An
thony. Marysville and inter
mediate points ......,.,... $500 Pm
No. 9-For Ogden Ely, Nev
Butte. Helena. Portland San
Francisco and intermediate
points ........ ...... ...... .11:45 pm
D. f.. BURLEY. G. p. A.
d. s. SPENCER. i. G. p. A.
City Ticket Ohicc 2oI Main street.
Telephone $50.
Notc.-rhe train numbers shown above sra
oregon Short Line train numbers and do not
apply to tho Southern Pacific west Of Ogdon
or the Union Pacific enst thereof
YELLOWSTONE PARK TRAINS.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Chicago.

CHICAGO. Sept 0-Cattle-Receipts,
$4,000; market 10c higher: beeves, $500
$3.50; cows and heifers. S1.50@5.15:
stockers and feeders, 80 2.50@435; Texans.
$35004.40; Westerners, s360Q 6,50;
calves. s550@775.
butchers, s600@6 621a good heavy, s6,15
665O; rough heavy, s565@bS5 light,
S6.2O@6.57k; bulk. s6.05@6.45; pigs, $3.50
@6.35
sheep-Receipts, $4,000; market strong;
sheep. $3.65@5.6o;, lambs. s4sO@S.5o'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
New York Money.

NEW YORK. Sept. 10-Close: Prime
mercantile paper. car per cent.
Sterling exchange, steady at AS3.40m
4S3.45 for demand and at $4.S0G4.60,0 ,05
for sixty day bills.
Posted rates, s4S194S1h and s4.S41z.
Commercial bills. S4.79&.
Mexican dollars, 62%c.
Government bonds, steady, railroad
bonds, irregular.
Money on call strong, 5G12 per cent,
ruling rate per cent. closing bid. Q
per cent; offered, Il per cent.
Time loans, dull and steady, sixty days,
76S per cent: ninety days. 7@71s per
cent; six months. Gk97 per cent.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
SEPTEMBER EXCURSIONS
Round Trip,

CITY Of Mexico, daily, to Sep
tember IA .....,....... 500 so
Toronto, Canada, September
cioI 1o.iI ... ,,.... ....,...., SOL 90
Denver, Colorado Springs. Sep
tan,her 2l.22.23 .$17, rs
Observation Pullman sleepers, Din
ing-cars. - ru
South.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11

The average condition of spring wheat
when harvested was S3.4, This is the
third year that spring wheat has been
separately reported upon on September
/. Comparison is therefore made with
the condition one month ago, which was
500 with that reported September l..
1906. which was S7.3, and with that re-
ported September l. 1904, which was
662. The condition in Washington is rs.
The average condition OF oats when
harvested was Si9 against SIS last
month 90.3 reported September /, 1905.
S5.6 at the corresponding date in 1904,
and ten-year average of S1.9.
The average condition Of barley when
harvested was S9.4 against 90.3 in Au-
gust 1. 1906. SIS reported September l..
1905. S7.4 at the corresponding date in
1904, and a teu-year average of S3,7,
The average condition OF rye when
harvested was 90.5 against 90.S report
ed September l, 1905, S6.9 reported Sep
tember i. 1904. and ten-year average
of S6.5.
The average condition Of buckwheat on
September ! was 91-2 against 932 one
month ago, 91.S on September l. 1905,
o1.5 at the corresponding date in 1904,
and a ten-year average of sS.4,
The average condition OF tobacco on
September /, 1906 was S6.2 against S7.2
one month ago. S5.1 on September l.,
1905. s37 at the corresponding date in
1904, and a fye-year average of SIS.
The average condition OF potatoes on
September l was S5.S against 80 one
month ago, 500 on September 1. 1905.
91,6 the corresponding date in 1904. and
ten-year average OF 1872.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
900 bushels
Minneapolis Wheat.

MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 1O.-Wheat-
September. $3.50; December, 69% @6oHc:
May. 74@74kc; No. I hard, 73lsc; No. 1
Northern. 72Mc; No. 2 Northern, 7O9sc
No 3 Northern. 67Iac.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
St. Joseph.

ST, JOSEPH, Sept. 10.-Cattle-Re-
ceints 1900: steady TO 10c higher; ma
tives s4.6O6625; COWS and helers. Sl.50
m4 90; stockers and feeders, s3,25@
Hogs-Receipts. $500; market &c high
er; light, $6.15@6.35; medium and heavy,
S59O@G25. ~
sheep-Receipts, 4200, market lambs,
10020c higher: top. $775; sheep steady,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-Today's s
statement OF the treasury balances In the
general fund shows; Available cash bal
ance, $21l ,072 sos, gold coin and bullion.
sl09, ,S97, ,152; gold certificates, S57 $50, $40.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
h MARKET IE!..-
|VlLL STREET
n, Element t,.,Aaa Which
N d Active Advance
I e,lpp'inted'
REAIIz1SG HISG,xc
pIyG DAYS TRADING
I,,,rt Shows Big In
kssiir South African
AId Output.

H., apt; lo,maAs IT sDot,y s'rsnssd and
p.s DS's disappointment TO
~ ,,sneut, Ssr which counted united!
pc .sSsnce because heavy
'is.a, s.'a' on Saturday after
mn 4 The bank statement, st,
~ r,,.s1, n showing OF q dencit
,ssx the legal reserve.
80 - .s' 70 as a basis for the
y The stock market on
T. ~ stock market re-
y y, ~ ~oaerate and the ranks
- siocss rather g ragged
!. ,5s,u.ly a good deal OF
m 10 stocks that were
..l.rSay = Il and this added to
,s.. saturdays buying
-, Of support rather than
.',Ss. Erle. Reading, United
+ q Isalgamated Copper and
ss.,lsI group were all un-
4 Us pressure
~. foreign money and
4 The heavy demand OF
I, sold had It's influence ice In
'.slitirs excess here, There
~s:Ion also in estimating
,-o-1l Of gold actually Sc
!. & The possible duplica-
|-sasnts by the private
- ,uszsements and the ma
|'r, lor them and to which
4 ,srilsse Of holding Govern
e, sEsinst the gold engage
s. usder the treasury order
. .-tth,d TO the of1lcial re-
IIrnst gold output of. the
8 is.rsased no less than
"a rsr the July production
4 /, ,oul Of 509,il5 ounces for
4 us Tapid Increase in the
IA 0, South African gold
La Nv supplies to meet the
. lsrInd, even though the
"a b,nB are indisposed TO
. M Of their present large
iis Southern group, both
Isidsrial lists. were prom
"A as strong stocks OF the
T Ia did not hold we'll after
L.. Of the Government cot
|<sl The large increase in
. Z. AtchIson annual report
7 nsEience IN a coming div
~ and speculative guessers
|f h their surmises Of the
q Efrase, drawing an anal
y rElun Pacific dividend,
na 10 call money added to
cs,i aud helped TO make
!Ttgulsr.
u irregular. Total sales, par
ms bonds were all un-
all
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11

Cash Quotntions were MS follows. No. =
spring wheat, 73@76c; No. 3, roo 73c; No.
2 red, 69Bc No. 2 corn. a7c: No. ycl'
low. AZ nc; No. . oats, 3lc; No white
S1h @sahc; No white 200 $l%c; NO
ley, A3 a 51c No. l flax seed, Sl.o4; No. l
Northwestern, Sl.os1s prime timothy seed
S3.95@ a 90; clover, contract grades, Sl2 10 /,
short ribs, sides (loosc), Ssi5 a s.55, mess
pork per barrel sl670; lard, per 100
pounds, Ss.52a short clear sides (boxcd).
s9.75@ S.s7 u whiskey, basis Of high wines
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
New York Sugar.

NEW YORK, Sept. 0,-Sugar-Raw,
firm; fair refining. 3 3-SG3Mc; ccntri-
fugal, SO test, &c; molasses sugar 3hs0
3Ac; refined steady: crushed, $3.50,
powdered, $500; granulated. $3.50,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.
pRODUCE EXCHANGE

On the produce exchange today the butter
market was firm; crcamcrics, 19m232c &c;
dairies, l7@ 2Oiac. Eggs firm. at mark, cases
included, 12l2 a lie; hrsts, l9c; prime frSts.
20isc; extras, 23c. Cheese steady, IL y an
l2hc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
st. Louis Wool

ST. LOUIS. Sept, 10.-Wool, steady;
,ned,um grades, combing and clothing, q
@2Sc; light fine. lS@22c: heavy fine, Ia
6617c; tub washed. 32@3Sc.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
Visible Grain Supply.

NEW YORK. Sept. 1O.-The visible sup
ply OF grain Saturday, September g. as
compiled by the New York Produce ex-
change was as follows
Wheat-3O, 10000 bushels; increase.
lis 900
Corn 1872 900 bushels; Increase,
G73 .OO0
OATS or 900 bushels, increase, $4,000.
Rye, ,425. 900 bushels; decrease, G000.
Barlcy-S65 900 bushels, increase, "a, 900.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11

n n Weak. Nervous, Restless at
"A k3 Night. and Weak, Aching
VeU Back. Diseased Kidneys, In
WE famed Prostate Dependent.
VI n Lack Of Energy. Ambition and
III Strength. Poor Memory, Hol-
lowed Eyes. Face Pimples and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
Government Crop Report.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.-The crop
reporting board of the bureau of statis-
tics OF the Department of Agriculture,
from the report of the correspondents
and agents, reports as follows:
The condition OF corn on September |
was 90.2 as compared with SS1 last
month, s9.5 on September /, 1905. SAG
at the corresponding date in 1904 and
ten-year average OF 81
The following table shows for each of
the three States the condition of corn
on September l, 1906, and September l.
1905, with the ten-year September av
erages.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11
|.5 YORK Bonds.

4lMl: End series 100
,lls AIS, cert -. 91S
.lp1h IL, cert ... s2Is
.lpsn AIS. CT, I'd 9oA
s,lola L 4 y uni III. 100
.ig.s Nan con g As. 100H
4.M Mex Cent 4s 76
.,lli 1sl inc -. 10
III N& St L As. e2H
'.M: u, X & T As. ,1o1
A-iH 2nds .. 80. sc
w \ Of " con As. s5
mE \ Y G gen 3lss 923.
p'w.a \ ] c gen SIS, 1861
y No Pac 4s ....10s
~ w 3s E. ..... 1874
eneS \ & " con As. 100
rM 9 8 L rtdg 4s. 9aT
gs Pa cv avs .1oi "
w Read gen As. e9A
riI 81 l. & | NJ C 5s 44il
os,t ~ .S IS "
= " 81 l. S'w'n c "a II
s 4 L Is -. S61l
:sa 80 Pac ds -. 81
1,is lsi As. cert. 957s
~ 50 Ry IS ....1l5I
"a Tex & P lists. .lie
~ Z, s. L & W Is s2Il
'nH 10 Pacific 4s. .1O2 x
a. I. ! S Steel I'd 5s 90
"A. ,ss rs wabash lists .11aK
Deb B 49,. 81
h',ss n W Nest Nd AZ =. s4E
sWa Wise Cent Is. seX
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11

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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-11

Dark Circles under Eyes, Bash N
full. Melancholia. Youthful Fol n
ly, Weak. Trembles. Varicocele, M
Excessive Drinking. Loss in
Urine, Exposure. Overwork and II
Worry, Exhausting Dreams.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-18
PEASANTS BURN
MANY ESTATES
RUSSIAN DISORDERS INCREASE
DAILY
Threats Of Police Strike at ST. Pc.
tersburg Nearly Causes Panic.
eendarmes Refuse to
Patrol Beats
By Assoclated Press

| ny Associated Press.
| ST. PETERSBURG, July 17.-Threats
of a police strike nearly caused a panic
here today and though the strike has
been postponed the danger cannot be
said to have entirely passed.
The ostensible basis of police discon-
tent is monetary, including the ac-
count of the mems savings fund, for
which, it is alleged, they have not been
allowed interest. The authorities, how
ever, declare the trouble was inspired
by asltators.
The eendarmes of the first district
this morning refused to go on their
beats until authoritatively assured that
their money would be paid with full
interest. The captain tried to paCify
the men with assurances that every
thing would be satisfactorily arranged,
but they would not listen to him.
They then marched to the second
district. where they induced their COM
rades to join them.
Cossacks were summoned and the
police were surrounded and threatened
with arrest, but they held out until the
chief of police assured them that their
demands would be investigated and all
wrongs righted.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
police officials to quiet their fears, the
people are in terror lest the lawless
element abounding here should take
advantage of the situation.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-18
AeRARIAN DISORDERS INCREASE
Peasants WantonIy Apply Torch to
Large Estates
BY Associated Press.

ST PETERSBURG, July 17-The
| daily budget of revolutionary outrages
and agraran disorders is larger than
usual today. In many places the peas
ants are wantonly applying the torch
to estates belonging to the crown and
to private forests.
At Natshatkino, in Simbirsk province,
the town hall was set on fire yester-
day and the entire village consisting of
three hundred houses was consumed.
Throughout Poland systematic pillag-
ing of the government spirit shops is
in progress. The central police office
at Warsaw was robbed yesterday and
a gendarme was killed
At Lublin, Russian Poland, revolu-
tionists yesterday executed a workman
who was suspected of being a spy and
at Nizhni Novgorod and Vasniky the
cashiers of the spirit monopoly We're
robbed and killed
A bank at Sosnitza was robbed yes
terday and at Tiflis an Armenian loco
motive engineer was shot in his cab by
an assassin concealed in the neighbor-
ing woods.
Workmen at Rostoff killed an al
legged government provocator at Rilia-
gorsk a Tartar woman who was bap-
tized in the Orthodox Greek church was
murdered, and al Areslav bombs were
thrown al the prefect of police and an
officer of the gendarmerie was killed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-18
HOTEL MAN MUST
PAY BIG AL|MONY
MRS. G. S. HOLMES TO RECEIVE
$3.50 MONTHLY
Los Angeles Residence Valued at
$1,000 and Income From VaIu=
able Property Also to Go
to Wife
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SALT LAKE, July 17.-The decree
of divorce in the case of Gus S,
Holmes against Charlotte Holmes, filed
here in the state court, orders set
tlement of their property interests. Mr.
Holmes is the proprietor of hotels in
this city and Los Angeles.
Mrs. Holmes will receive alimony in
the sum of $3.50 per month until De-
cember 81, 1906, after which time she
will receive 5000 per month.
She is given a home in Los Angeles
valued at $1,000, and the income from
$4,000 worth of property belonging to
Mr.. Holmes.
Should Mr.. Holmes default in the
payment of alimony, then the California
property shall be given to Mrs. Holmes
at the rate of $1,000 per year The court
awarded the custody of the minor son
of the parties to Mr.. Holmes.
The only witnesses sworn in the
case were Mr.. Holmes and his son, G..
S. Holmes, both of whom testified that
Mrs. Holmes had deserted her husband
and refused to live with him.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-18
TRAGEDY IS PREMEDITATED
San Jose Man Writes Letter Before
Attempting Murder and
Suicide
BY Associated Press.

SAN JOSE, July IA letter written
by Elius Jourdan, who yesterday
attempted to strangle his daughter and
then shot himself to death, was found
by Coroner Kell today in the bed oc-
cupied recently by Jourdan, in which
the writer requested the coroner to
have the remains of himself and daugh-
ter cremated and to send the money
he left to his sister in France.
The letter was written last Friday,
showing that he had made up his mind
on that day to kill his daughter and
himself, Nearly $1,000 in $50 gold pieces
was found with the letter. The girl
was attended by a physician last night,
but is improving today.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-18
PURITY OF THE PRIMARY

Primaries are coming on to be held
In Los Angeles, and the time is oppor-
tune to again direct attention to the
crime of partisan voting at the primary
held by an opposing party.
In all cities this crime is present, In
greater or less measure, and in Los An
geles IL has been conspicuously bad.
Many conscenceless men see no harm
or seeing It,, do not care-in voting at
a primary Of the party to which they
do not belong. Men claiming on cleo
| tion day to he Democrats have voted at
the Republican primaries. usually in
favor of the worst candidates. Men
who vote the Republican ticket are fire.
quently found voting at a Democratic
Iprimary-for the worst candidates.
They do not seem to understand the
extreme Nervousness of the offense
They do not appreciate the fact that
they are striking at the very founda-
tions of popular government, in addi-
tlon to violating the law of the land.
1t is absolutely essential that each
party organization, to the fullest and
best extent of its membership, should
be free and untrammeled in the work
of determining its own policies and
nominees. Democrats who vote at
Republican primaries and Republicans
who vote at Democratic primaries are
doing violence to fundamental principles
and should be punished severely. When
the source Of a water supply is mudded
the taint extends to the whole supply
Primary elections are the beginnings
the fountain heads of government, and
where they are polluted, distorted and
permeated with fraud. the people are
deprived of their rights. Especially
tain and determine their own will.
Fraud al the primary elections is not
only subversive of law and order, but
Is the opportunity and the means of
of the machine. When a
machine fears the honest
expression of its party, it endeavors to
pick up enough conscienceless voters
from other parties to overthrow the
party will. When a too active Demo-
cratic organization forgets its own
in its desire to nominate its
OWN favorites recourse is too often
had to the criminal who will vote at
any primary.
Beginning with the primary, there |
must be purity in our elections. Fraud |
must be prevented at the fountain |
lead. and voters must be made to un- |
ierstand. by punishment if reason |
ails, that fraud committed at a pri- |
nary is even a greater crime--if that |
we're possible-than a fraud committed |
It general election.
Let us have absolutely fair primaries
n Los Angeles and then the whole
'eople will be in position to freely ex-
,ress their will in civic affairs.