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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
SQUARE DEAL FOR EVERY MAN
Complaints and Charges Against the
Civil Service COM
mission

LOS ANGELES. Jan. S.-[Editor
Herald: The recent selection by the
civil service commission for the posi-
tion of examiner shows conclusively
that it has ignored it's own rules and
regulations.
Section 234. civil service rules, says:
"All applicants for office, places or
appointments in said classified service
shall be subject to examination, which
shall be public, free and competitive
to all citizens" etc.
The examination referred to was not
competitive, merely an informal talk.
No records, no vouchers, no problems
to test capacity and resulted in the
appointment by a civil engineer of an
other civil engineer, 50 years old, over
the heads of highly educated and thor
oughly competent younger applicants
This appointment is irregular and
cannot legally be certified to the city
auditor, and it seems strange that Dr.
Haynes could be induced to counte-
nance such bald-headed farce.
Spalding also received his appoint
ment in the same manner, as it is
apparent that competitive eXamina-
ton would have resulted in the selec-
tion of a competent secretary.
During the life of the fading ad
ministration the commission was DOM
mated by politics and relatives in the
selection or rejection of employees GER
tilted, and a re-eXaminatiOn of those
holding positions would develop many
instances of total unfitness for the po-
sitions they occupy.
The federal government re-eXamines
their employees at stated periods to
prevent deterioration, and the rule
certainly applies to municipal en-
ployes.
The object of the civil service COM
mission and the underlying spirit of
all it's movements and actions are dia =
metrically opposed to the wants of the
peanut politician, as the commission
was created for the purpose Of giving
square deal to every man.
D. r. WILSON.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
FROM THE VAUDEVILLE

you look green, like spinach, dlss
mornings, OSCAR. Iss your healt on der
bumheimer?"
Don't spik to me, Adolf. I feel ofer
der wetter."
"1ss der unwellness vich you mention
a severely"
sure. No Won !nows vot I suffer-
ance."
"1ss dot righd?"
"Yess"
"Den how you find Id ouid? Ha,
ha, hal"
"Ail der same, doctor l hat, und
fife dollars he charged me-"
"Und vot vass your complaints"
"Why, dot wass i'd
DER doctor, what kint of a medical
wass he?"
"He was a homeopathical.'
"Of diss, der answer iss vot?'
"Well, der homeopathiCal uses der
subbosition dot der less OF his medlzin
you dake, der more chance to get well
you will haf."
DOT listens quite reasonably. How
should der allopathicers?'
"Oh. dey make i'd yust so schmart'
Dey gif you of medizin a plentiful on
der principle dot eff der medizin don't
kill you, der disslss can nod
"Blease tell me, Not kint or physlc
woult you breference?'
"a gin flzz-ic, ha, ha, hal"
"Iss diss der fairst time you were
sickness?"
ooh. no. vonce | hat der erysipelas,
und after my ears got well had der
sciatca In my attic"
Does i'd efer make ringing In your
ears?"
Nod so. All der earrings in der
family iss on my mothers side But |
haf felt a tighdness in der regions OF
der bocketbook."
"Ah dot ISIS why your cough iss nod
loose. l am afraidt you are a incur
ably"
II suspecting i'd iss nervousness vich
haf."
II belief i'd. You are all nerf. A dem
tist coult nod kill der nerf In your
tooth mitout manning you, ha, ha ha!
see you haf mole on your face. Why
don'd you amputate id?'
'Becoss dot voult be cruelness to ami
mails"
while we sing dot antiseptic called
'Vonce We Were Hams, But Now We
Are Cured will der galleries llease
vissle so dey don'd hear us?"-Chicago
Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
THE PASSING OF WILLIE

It is surprising news from New York
that tells of the publicly expressed de-
termination Of William r. Hearst to
pursue the presidential rainbow no
further. Surprising because the belief
was general that the delusion which led
Hearst to imagine himself a presiden-
tial possibility would lead him to con-
tinue the pursuit even as a pumpkin
pursues an ignis fatuus into the
swamps.
At a meeting of the independence
league henchmen, William made this
disconsolate statement: "I myself
characteristic personal tautology) am
not and will not again be candidate
for any Office The effect Of that sud-
den Jar on the nervous system of a
Hearst henchman must have been akin
to that of the sandbag which some of
the ilk may be accustomed to use in
their business when there is no political
barrel on tap.
This declaration, assuming for the
nonce that its author means what he
says. is one of the most interesting out
givings Of the new year. 1t implies that
william is gathering wisdom with years.
1t seems to indicate that his latent i'm
telect has at last been stirred to con-
ception Of the fact that he has been
making of himself an imitation of
equus asinus.
The sadness of tone which marks the
wind-up of Williams farewell address
to his henchmen gives the impression
that he really means to disappear from
the political armament with the sudden
ness Of a meteor striking the earth in a
harnyard. He says: II believe that the
league will go forward to further and
greater achievements. and 1 heartily
offer you. my friends, my best services
as a fellow worker to these ends
If William really has wearied in his
rainbow chase, and incidentally run
short of barrels" to tap for his rapa-
cious followers. coming political cam
paigns will be devoid of much of their
piquancy. William was to the political
show what the clown is to the circus.
He was spectacular figure in the can
vas, always amusing to the audience
and suggestive of Artemus Wards stock
in the exhibition line.
William may be gone. politically, but
he cannot be forgotten. The public will
miss his antics in coming campaigns,
and his stipendiaries will mournfully
sing. I'VE shall meet but we shall miss
miss the flow of
financial sustenance from spiggot and
bunghole of the Hearst barrel.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
WHY NOT THE TREADNlLL7

Seattle's chief Of police has warmly
espoused the idea of introducing tho
whipping post in the state of Washing
ton. In a letter addessed to Governor
Mead he says that for the crimes of
wife beating and wife desertion. and
possibly burglary, he believes the whip
ping post affords the most effective
punishment" In support OF his view
the Seattle chief refers to an address
delivered by William Pinkerton, the
famous detective. strongly favoring the
whipping post for certain classes of
criminals.
1t will be time enough to take such
a backward step in civilization, as thus
advocated after having exhausted the
resources of enlightened methods. The
class of criminals who may be regarded
as worthy of the whipping post might
be deferred from their crimes II the
legal penalties therefor were adequate
and If there were absolute certainty
that the penalties would be enforced to
the extreme limit.
Exemplary punishment for wife beat
ers and wife deserters, given In full
measure to the enormity of the offense
would be likely to prove as efIicacous
as the lash. Not merely imprisonment
for a short term will answer as cura-
tive i'm such cases. Wife beaters almost
invariably are worthless scoundrels
who abhor work. Hard labor for ade-
quate terms. with bill of fare fitted
to the deserts of the brute. would be
likely to have as deterring an effect
as the whipping post.
But If present methods of punishment
cannot be effectively adapted why not
try, as an experiment, the old-fashioned
treadmill? That is a compulsory labor
device that might be introduced to ad-
vantage in the case of all able bodied
vagrants, especially the hobo or tramp
class. There is nothing brutal about
the operation of the treadmill, but it
exacts hard work and will not be de-
MED. If operated as publicly as the
whipping post is used in Delaware
where it is an established institution,
the treadmill would I'LL a long felt
want"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK

The usual output of business fore
starting of new year is in evidence
now.
What has 1907 in store for the Amer
lean people?
Will the present condition of general
prosperity continue, or does the ma
tional horoscope give warning of ap-
preaching hard tines?
Such questions always crop out as
we make the annual turn into a new
year. There appears to be much less
than the usual discussion of the sub
ject in these early days of 1907, but
there is enough of such discussion to
attract public attention.
The most noticeable forecast of
gloomy kind comes from Stuyvesant
Fish, for many years president of the
Illinois Central Railway system and
one of the conspicuous financial fig
ures of New York. Mr.. Fish was GUST
ed from his railway position by the
colossus of railway magnates, E. H.
Hartman. That jolt probably ac-
counts for Mr.. Fish's pessimism and
for his general conclusion that "a
great industrial crisis is due and there
are many indications that it is immi-
nent"
simultaneously with the appearance
of Mr.. Fish's portentous forecast we
have an expression on the same sub
ject, but diametrically opposite in con-
clusion, from the only American rail-
way magnate who is recognized as
"foeman worthy of the steel" of Mr..
Hartmann This other colossus of rail-
ways is George J. Gould, the chief
competitor of Hartman in the contest
for supremacy in American railway
affairs.
Mr. Gould says; THE business con-
couraging and the immense volume of
business done by the railroads during
1906 will not only be equaled, in my
Judgment, but surpassed during the
present year And he directly con-
troverts Mr. Fish by saying, There
is no industrial crisis imminent, and
while the market has declined recent
ly, it is my belief that it is a tenn
porary and healthful reaction
At the present time there does not
appear to be a cloud in the financial
sky. If there are any such indica-
tions as Mr.. Fish processes to see they
are too far away to be discernible.
on the contrary, all conditions are
present to inspire confidence in an in
definite continuance of the good
times"-the general prosperity that
the American people have enjoyed in
recent years.
The elements of prosperity are even
more prominently noticeable now than
they were at the beginning of last
year Wages average higher now than
they ever did before the demand for
labor is generally i'm excess of the
supply and every line of industry is
hunmug 10 the limit of its capacity.
Agricultural products are bountiful,
the financial system of the nation is
as solid as Gibraltar and there is no
apparent cause for pessimism in sight,
These considerations relate to the
whole country and have no special re-
lation to Southern California. In this
blessed section of Uncle Sans domain
we seem to be exempt from conditions
Wawautmg a pessimistic outlook at
any time, Even when there is COM
plant of hard times" in other Sec
tions the wheels of progress move
without interruption here, grinding out
Il grisu OF perennial prosperity,
Wantcd-A soft snap of job; don't
all speak at once, Address DOC"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
THE LOVE CRIME

The "crime passionel" does not be-
long in American civilization. The
French jurists, as well as the French
Psychologists, place love tragedies in
a category distinct from other law
breaking. But this is not one Of those
things that they order better in
France" The so-called "unwritten
law" as it exists in this country, is
dcplorable enough There should be
no spread Of the illogical and ill-ad-
vised public sympathy that excuses
the offender who offers loVe-madness
for his defense.
Two girls have been ~hot by men in
New York within the past few days
one murdered outright; the other dis
figured for life. The only provocation
the victims gave was the rejection of
the men as lovers. The crimes would
be less significant if they were un-
usual Of if similar offenses occurred
only i'm the great cities where un-
healthy moral conditions are the in
evitable. .accompaniments of the eX-
tremes of luxury and poverty. But
news comes constantly Of the assassi-
nation Of women by their suitors in
farmhouges and villages ahd in every
section of the country
II is a new growth in America, where
reverence and protection of woman
hood has existed almost to the extent
of a praiSeWorthy cNdggeration. How
much of the morbid development Is due
TO Latin IDEAS; how much TO Woman's
deliberate stepping from her former
status; how much to the increase in
the number Of individual degenerates
that is the ugly attendant upon all
civilization are questions difficult to
determine. one thing is sure, The
loye-crime is detestable TO the we'll
balanced American mind; it's perpe-
traitor coward Of the most contempt-
ible type and each new instance should
provoke healthy public sentiment to-
rebuke any tendency toward hysterica.
sympathy.-New York Mail.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

The entire basis for the ycuows' Wild
eyed tale of the loss of the good ship
Panama is the fact that She lost her life
RATS. But most OF the yellows' yarns
don't even have that much basis of
fact.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
Homessskers. Club TONIGHT.

Every one desiring to secure farm home
in California is invited to the meeting at
o'clock tins evening in Home Extension Hall.
chamber OF Commerce Fourth new town and
COLONY now being formed. also the Los Ange-
les Acre Lot Club Land distributed at whole-
sale TO members Come and learn.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
RESPECT WOMEN IN AMERICA

| The American people have some dis
| tinctive virtues. but not so many that
| they can afford to lose even one of
them. Among those virtues respect FOR
women is something to be especially
cherished In no other great country
in the world are women so safe in the
ordinary walks of life as in the United
States: in no other country are they
given the opportunities, the immunities
and the protection they enjoy in this
land of ours. They are we'll protected
by the laws and the police, but pri-
mariy by a national chivalry that
manifests itself spontaneously when
ever there is serious danger of annoy
ance.
Yet it must not be forgotten that this
virtue shines by contrast rather than
by its own light. Certainly American
men are not more chivalrous than they
ought to be. Indeed, they are often
less so than they should be. But they
are so much more respectful to women
than the men of other great countries
more especially the countries of con-
tinental Europe-that their codes shine
by comparison. Under such circum-
stances it is not distasteful, but agree
able, to be charged with puritanical
customs by certain critics of conti-
mental Europe in connection with the
Caruso case. This particular case has
little to do with the broad question of n
proper regard for women, but 1t has
served to raise this question
But the men in this country should
not glory too much in the exalted po-
sition they have achieved and main
tanned. There is danger that their good
name may suffer from an increasing
selfshness, which manifests itself more
and more, particularly in the large
cities, where the struggle is most in
tense. There may be no growing dis
position to annoy women in public, but
Is there not a tendency to neglect
them?-Kansas City Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

But if everyone knew how Mr.. Harri-
man finances his deals couldn't any one
do the same? And then where would
Mr.. Hartman be?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

The Salt Lake railroad is about io
establish an oriental lime Of steamships
to connect with It's road .t san Pedro.
See what comes of being part of Los
Angeles?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Those good people who have been busy
collecting coin to relieve the starving
Chinese are referred to the renewal of
the celestials' boycott against Ameri-
can goods, just declared, for their an
swer
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

And now will be seen the delectable
spectacle of the Republican adminis-
tration at Sacramento delivering the
goods"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Still, you don't hear any howls from
the Legislators about passes That lid mot
arrive as usual Can j. bo-2 of
course not; they went ouo on ,me as
they always do.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

The novelty of a council session with
out a verbal eruption from Doc"
Houghton ought to be equal to the
Orpheum as a drawing card.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Along with other things Mayor Har-
per wants more policemen, THAT uiun.
make bluecoat less am object Of ,vou-
derment when he accidentally strays
into the residence districts.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

If, as reported, San Jose is up in arms
because "Sapho" is to be played there,
it need have no fears. "Sapho" is wick
eder in fame than in actually
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

City Treasurer Hance celebrates his
taking office by paying for the bunco
voting machines. Isn't that rather a
bad start?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

IS. p" no longer stands for both San
Pedro and Southern Pacific in the same
sense. a decree of divorce has been
given the former
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

The man who defeated Ben Hahn is
ostracized by his Republican confreres.
Could there be any stronger coudemua-
tion of the present Legislature?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

1t is now up to the annexation COM
mittee to show San Pedro wherein there
are benefits to be acquired by joining
hands with Los Angeles
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

1t must be novel for the Los Angeles
legislators to go to Sacramento and
there wallow about in snowdrifts.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

It is to be hoped that it won't be a
case of canned Pease before the council
ends it's labors.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Perhaps when the sun came out yes
terday he saw how muddy the streets
are and decided to wait for fair weather.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

were going through the hardships of
constant travelling with theatrical COM
panies and making a precnrious living
~ that "
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Clerk Qn book store)-This edition OF
the Bible Is new and right up-to date.
Customer--What do you mean by up
to-date?
Clerk-Besides a page for births. deaths
and marriages. 1t has three pages for
divorces.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Why not take i'm the country to The
northwest Of the city, which wants to
come in, while voting to include san
Pedro in the new expanded city?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

1t is suggested that Ascot import the
gondolas from Venice, and thus give
races that are races.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Also, each street car might carry a
complete ambulance hospital and corps
of surgeons; they would help some.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Well, the sun did get peep at things
yesterday. But that's all.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Colorado's governor was inaugurated
in church. 1t is to be hoped that he
can as conscientiously attend one when
his term is over.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Did you read the mayors message?
for every friend of the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Because the legislature is meeting m
Red Mems hall it is mo- sign that The
members will be good Indians. Nor that
they won't scalp any bills that oppoc-
tunity offers,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Even if the S. p. did lose out in San
Pedro it's clutches on the state are still
safe.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

That reverberating noise you hear is
Mayor-that-was McAleer back in the
boiler shop.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

The Nethersole press agent seems to
have scored again. and this time San
Jose rises to the bait.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Will this legislature abolish the pass
evil in California? Not while it has S.
P. passes in its pockets.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Plenty of coal is reported on the way
here; but you can't burn coal that is
merely ION the way"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Has anyone seen Walter Parker
snoopin' about Sacramento?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Incidentally, how'd you like to be the
gas bill collector these days?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Mr. Booze-Water' killed more people
than whisky ever thought Of doing.
Temperance Advocate-Prove It. sir;
prove II.
Mr.. Booze-What's the matter with
the flood?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Mr.. Hartman says he is not sick. No,
the people are.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
Population of Los Angeles, Isl, 463

This rain seems to have come to stay.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Wantcd-A soft snap of job; don't
all speak at once, Address DOC"
HoughtOn, late Of city hall.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Father (sighing)-These ten years
have l been waiting in the hope that
my wife would give up playing the
piano.
Friend-Well, and now?
Father-Now my three daughters
play-FigarO.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
QUALITIES WHICH MAKE A sALEswoMAN VALUABLE

How Difficulties Encountered Depart
n Securing Right Kind Of. Help
ErnnLn Ner YnrkE ing Post
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

This rain seems to have gotten clear
beyond the weather mans control.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
by RYAN WALKER

two million in the lard buslness)-I want
to buy a book. What's the price of them
Book Clerk-,rhe novel by Ruyters
copy OF Hamlet" is soc.
Mr.. Parvenue-Give me that $3.50 one.
/ don't want no cheap trash
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

Everything you want you will nnd In
the classified page-a modern encyclo'
pedia ono cr-' word
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

There was hood on his name; there was
blood on his rein,
And a bloody dispatch on his girth's
broad band,
So the race was run. and the battle was
won,
Ere we fred gun-for the Fatherland,
Bertrand Shadwell. in the Chicago
Evening Post.
Evening journal., 1907-01-28
nn... of Great Men.

Prominent noses seem to have been
the property OF many great men. Ly
curgus and Solon had noses six inches
in length, and Ovid was surnamed
Naso on account OF his large nose.
Scipio Nasica derived his name from
his prominent olfactory organ. and
Alexander the Great and Cardinals
Wolsey aud Richelieu all had large
noses. On the medals Of Cyrus and
Artaxerxes their noses came clear out
TO the rim Of the coin. Washington's
was the true aQulline type. Indicative
Of frmness and patience, as was the
nose OF Julius Caesar. Mohommed had
q singular nose. It was so curved that
q writer has told us that the point Of II
seemed continually striving to iusert
itself between his lips. The noses Of
Franklin, Shakespeare and DR.. John.
son all bad wide nostrlls. betolening
strength and love Of thought The nose
Of Napoleon was exquistely though
firmly chiseled lie often said, "Cive
me a man with plenty Of nose" Fred
erlck the Great had so large nose
that Lavater offered to wager that
blndfolded he could tell &c among TO-
600 by merely taking it between his
thumb and forelnger.
Evening journal., 1907-01-28
Nnnnl-Lr rnLIn.n.

There Is doubles. much truth 10 The
statement made by The Lancet the au
thoritatlye English medical journal. that
most naughty children are sick chill.
dren. "a large amount of the so call.
ed naughtiness OF children" says tho
Lancet may be accounted for upon
grounds which quite exclude the dcsir-
ability OF punishment for its correc-
ton" Among these grounds" are
insufficient sleep, excitement overflow.
ing animal spirits OF actual disease IN
the form OF representative nerves.
Further. the Lancet adds. 'The faculty
Of imitation is strongly developed In
some children, and they may copy un
consciously n bad habit in deed or IN
word Of parent or a teacher"