Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09

i \ !. !. ~ i J. s'.tt'g I
before spoken of, the monopolization ot
the water front lying on the eastern
shore of the bay of San Francisco Ant
if the harbors other than that of SaT
Francisco be not looked after and taker
care of by the state it will be difficult
to persuade the people of California tc
vote the states credit for the improve
ment of San Francisco water front.
I'm other words, let the efforts OF
those who are interested in the I'M
provement of our harbors be directed
toward a broad, patriotic, comprehen-
sive plan looking to the Improvement
and the saving to the people of the
state of all our harbors. Let there be
no selfish, localized plan; let it be state
wide.
Il recommend that a commission, to
consist of the president of the board OF
state harbor commissioners for San
Francisco, the mayor of the city OF
Oakland and the state commissioner of
public works, be authorized to examine
into the state lands lying in front of
and contiguous 40 the city of Oakland
and plot and map a system of improve
ments thereof, in the interest of COM
merce and trade. and report the same TO
the next session of the legislature; and
that. in order that this work be eX-
600 be appropriated by the legislature
for the employment of engineers by and
and the necessary expenses of the said
commission.
Il also recommend that similar COM
missions, for similar purposes, be con-
stituted for Humboldt bay, San Pedro
tharbor and San Diego bay, and that
adequate appropriations for the use OF
these commissions be made"
Favors Primary Elections
On the question of primary election
the governor says in part:
BY a general consensus of opinion
the time has arrived when the citizens
of California should proceed to effect
certain needed changes in the methods
by which candidates for office are nom
mated; and since the primary election
lies at the root thereof, it is quite
natural that there should be demand
that the reform shall commence at that
point. Thus we find both of the old
parties pledged by their latest state
platforms to the inauguration of Wnat
is known as the direct primary.
This term does not appear to mean
the same thing in all of the several
states which claim to have direct
primary laws, but in its most radical
form the direct primary implies the
nomination of all party candidates,
state, county and municipal, by direct
popular vote. 1t would also follow from
this that party committees, if still con-
tinuing to exist, would be OF greatly
diminished Importance. In other words,
this very thorough-going remedy for
the admitted evils OF conventions and OF
state and county committees consists IN
the practical annihilation of the sys-
tenn of which they are the principal
parts
But in certain states where the direct
primary idea has found lodgment 1t has
been applied in a modified way, conYen-
tions being retained but the voters he
ling given the privilege of indicating on
their ballots their choice of candidates
and the delegates being bound by the
popular choice up to a certain point
The states of Oregon and Wisconsir
have adopted the direct primary in its
, pure and unmodified form; Minnesota
has done the same as to all local and
district officers, but not as to state Of
ficers, who are still nominated IN con-
Ventions; Illinois and North Dakota re-
tain the conventions along with direct
popular vote for candidates. In Iowa
the legislature has given serious con-
sideration to a law of the latter type
but has not yet adopted it,"
The governor expresses the belief
that in order to adopt the primary cleo
ton system it will be necessary tC
amend the constitution.
Rates and Trust Methods
After recounting the acts of railroads
| in giving rebates to certain interests
/ the message says:
} california has had too little develop
, ment along commercial and manufac'
turing lines until very lately to call fol
the attention of trusts and cause then
= to ask and receive such railroad rate
+ and other determinations as in the cas-
, first created great trusts and then gave
them the further power to ruthlessly
$ crush out of existence their business
competitors. our climatic and othel
- conditions are such as to enable oul
+ people to produce much more per cap
= ita than those of other states and coun
e tries. Our first production was gold
o our second cereals our third was, anC
( is, citrus and deCiduouS fruits. Oul
g manufactures are just beginning to b'
- developed. If allowed to compete or
o equal terms with those of other states
t If given the opportunity, free from
e the strangle-hold' of Transportation
d discriminatory rates and other trus
q methods our states manufactures, il
c the hands of our people. will soon de
!. velop into magnificent proportions. Tht
n, fate of our oil producers driven to the
r. wall by the foreign Standard Oil com
n pany by means Of favorable transpor
h tation determinations, teaches us tha
s we are i'm danger of having any and al
: home industries which may assume con
siderable proportions taken from ou
S people and given over into the hands
4 of foreign trusts by our railroads, whicl
s are dependent upon us for their exist
n ence and the colossal fortunes which
g from us in part. they are making TO
a those who have them i'm charge.
"For these reasons the control AM
d regulation OF industrial trusts is a sub
o ject which deserves TO engage the at
tention OF the legislature during tn
y present session"
. The Japanese Problem
Coy. Pardee says regarding the Jap
n anese question that 1t is safe to sa,
that the president, when he penne