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Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
COMING BACK HOME

AT a recent banquet given in St.
Louis by the Tennessee Society of Mis-
souri, United States Senator Carmacl1
.of Tennessee, responding to a toast, de-
lvered an address which is described
as eloquent and forceful-the sort of
address characteristic of the great SEN
ator.
In the course of his remarks Senator
Carmack dwelt at some length upon
the race question, which, he declared,
'Overshadows all other questions in its
Importance and in its deadly menace
to the perpetuity of our free institu-
tions"
Then he came to the heart of things
IN the following language, referria :
to the enthusiasm of state societies
and to the Rooseyeltian politics:
MY friends, such manifestations Of
state pride are wise and timely in these
days, when it is proposed boldly, by q
process of judicial surgery, to trans
fuse the very life blood of the statos
into the veins of the general govern
ment; when we are boldly told that the
plan is afoot 70 break down the limita.
tions Of the constitution, through ia
auducious perjury Of judges, who have
sworn before God to obey and defend
it,
This is a cry in the dark for return
TO the old and safe moorngs of state
lrahts. 1t is reminder that within
FIVE years the people Of the United
Estates have not only submitted to such
Capitalization Of power in the federal
! government as the fathers never
dreamed Of, but have marched and are
Isdll marching together-Democrats
|aud Republicans altke-in favor of still
/ more power at Washington.
Away In the distance, like the scream
of the panther iu the night, occasion
Iaily comes a sound omanating from
such old-fashioncd Democrats as Sen
lator Camack, protesting against the
delegation of states 20 a condition oi
Iservitude and pleading with the people
to stop calling upon the federal govern
meut for every in and ache that is
within their own power to alleviate
! ana cure at home
The cry is important and timely.
But the people have not been wholly
TO blame. What state i'm the Union
exercised its authority against The
giant corporations and the industrial
trusts to prevent cxtortion, greed anG
robbery? What state came to the he'll
of the public in its effort to stop en-,
croachments upon popular rights? No
Tennessee; not California; not Men
York; not Illinois,
! People of the states found themselves
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
OUR DEBT TO STRANGERS

There should be a good lesson for
Los Angeles in the heavy rains of las:
week; several of them, in fact. And
Los Angeles should take these lessons
to heart and profit by them.
In the first place. this city is any
thing but prepared for heavy storm.
let alone a record breaker. Its storm
sewers are deficient and Inadequate
Efforts are now making to improve
them in the downtown region, and
perhaps by another wet season they
will be in shape.
Equally strenuous efforts should be
made to pipe the low places in the
| residence districts, that the floods
which accumulate there may be drawn
off without the usual roster of DAM
ages. This is very necessary, as the
danger from these floods grows as the
city enlarges, and so does the expense
of installing drains.
Street paving in the entire business
region and well out into the down.
town residence section is also neces-
sary. This includes 1.-The hill" which
now pours down a flood of sand and
soil into Hill and Broadway, with
every shower. Paving of a permanent
character should be laid on every street
from First to Washington and from
Central to Figueroa, and this coming
summer should see it done. This part
cf the city houses the vast majority
of strangers who come here for the
winter, and it is due them that Los
Angeles furnish them what they leave
home to attain-decent, dry and un-
obstructed thoroughfares. 1t is little
use to pave a street here and there
when intefsecting streets are mere
mudholes; it is a waste of money
Pave the whole region and have a
clean and dry downtown residence and
hotel section.
And on unpaved streets have good
board or stone crossings above the
surface level, and keep them clean.
When it rains have a few gangs of
men who would otherwise be sweep
ing the main streets, clearing off these
cross walks. Give the public a chance
to get to and from the cars without
half drowning in the attempt.
Los Angeles should ever remember
that it owes other duties than to it's
own people. 1t is the greatest tourist
city in the United States: every Win
ter $4,000 or more visitors come here.
They leave behind snow and ice, biz-
yards and storms, mud and muck.
| They hope and expect to find here
balmy weather, flowers palms and
cleanliness. They must be here IN our
rainy season and every shower damp
ems their spirits and makes them
droop. And when they find in addi-
tion that each rain maroons them in
seas of mud, which is worse than the
muck they left in their own cities
because those cities are prepared for
it, and Los Angeles is not--they have
good cause to complain.
1t is up to Los Angeles to minimize
these complaints i'm ways herein sug-
gestcd; Los Angeles owes this to the
10000 or more visitors within it's gates.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
Perverted Prouerhs

boy in the schooroom is worth many
in the pool room
Where ignorance is bliss. education is a
case of blister.
Some beauty is skin deep; others only
face powder and rouge deep
A pleasant liar is often better than n
glum truth-teller.
You can give woman more than her
due but you can't -hake her believe it,
Every man has his price, but it's a
lucky one who gets it,
A bushel of fun often shrinks to peck
of trouble.
A rolling stone never becomes moss
back.
Poverty may not be a crime but hard
work is its punishment.
w. Fl G
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
Verify, How?

A mistress said to her maid one day:
you must absolutely stop that per-
fectly awful habit Sarah, of always
trying to have the last word"
But how am l to know when you
have nothing more to say?" answered
Sarah.-Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

And all that now remains is to take
in the northwest country, knocking for
admission. and Los Angeles will in all
reality be city from the mountains
10 the sea-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
Pi-LineS and Pick-VJps
Love Must Find a wau

They say words are inadeouats
The throbs of love to tell;
The human speech cannot express
Things that our hearts outsweu
Time was when we to kisses turnAd
They adequate were-very;
But now the doctors warn us that
They are unsanitaryl
What will love do7 Nor words will do
Nor kisses, in this day.
Love must express itself, and so
Dear Love must find wayl
The dog always meets Won hair
way, says the humane man. That's
the trouble; sometimes he even beats
you to It, ''
The wasp-waist woman Is in stv,a
agaln. "Stung," says the fat girl
Justice Harlan says the best thing
IN the world Is balance. Yes, especially
at n bank.
Kuropatkin calls his book "The Los
son OF the War" It's to be hoped Rus.
sla learned It. A'"e'
Palm-I'm going to marry only n sen-
slble girl.
Pepper-Then you'll never marry.
The Swiss have sampled 17Ss kinds oe
sausages Looking for the missing
link?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

That smoke you don't see in the
offing is the combined strength Of the
United States navy, marshaled by
Hoist to assist in finding his special
commish," now abroad ana burning
up money on the high c.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

That one surgeon, whom it is pro-
posed to eliminate from the hospital,
may object to amputation-when it is
practiced on himself.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

The fact that Bourbon county, Ken
lucky, has voted for prohibition only
shows again the wisdom of that an
clent saying: you can never tell"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
A QUIET LIFE

Warm freside nooks-the newest books
A chummy friend like you,
wife that's fair-an easy chair
A bowl and pipes for two,
A song or two. the kind that WOO
Our thoughts from care and strife,
A mind thatt bent on sweet content;
This is the Happy Life.
Harvey Peake in the January Bo-
hamian.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Red Mems hall, in which the leeis-
lature is meeting, viii need a pretty
thorough fumigation ere even Indians
win consent to use it again.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

The marriage of Los Angeles and San
Pedro will take place sooner than was
expected, but even at that it will not
be an elopement
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Those travellers who returned half
starved from a trip ON the S. F. should
bc thankful that they got out of it's
clutches alive, and not kick because
tEcir tummies are empty
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

The only danger about the Welding
of Los Angeles and San Pedro is a fear
that haste Will make it imperfect.
Better slow but sure.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
LOVE IN THE CAR

A motor car is not the place
To court girl with ease and grace.
You'll find you cant keep up the pace
And WOO her.
Your eyes are on the road ahead,
There isn't much that can be said;
You really dare not turn your head
To view her.
Her color comes. her color goes,
On either side the landscape flows;
The motor Is the worst of foes
To Cupid.
The man who guides his flying car
Along loves lane will ne'er go far;
He'll fetch up with an awful jar
The stupid!
Tis better then to wisely wait
And when you strike a tanner rate
Along the path from papa's gate
Why. view her.
Therel be no throttle there nor brake,
No speeds your anxious thoughts to
No fear of skid or bump or break
So WOO her.
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

If Champ Clark is made Democratic
house leader it won't be half the joke
that some folks may think, Champ
is nobody's fool.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

The rumor that the special COM
mish" will sneak into Los Angeles by
the back door is denied; no Hoist
sycophant ever does anything wish
out a brass band accompaniment.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

If every one who signed the Los
Angeles-San Pedro consolidation pc
titions votes yes" at the election the
work is done.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

The Sacramento pie counter is the
busiest place in the state-and the
most disgraceful.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

San Francisco must feel better, now
that communication with Los Angeles,
the metropolis of the state, is re-estab-
lished.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

A good word for the street depart
ment; those crossings cleaners are the
real stuff. Who walked up the men
in authority?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Oaklands highbinders are in an
other row. Maybe they are desperate
because they have to live in Oakland.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Heavy sales in the downtown region,
especially in Hill street property, show
that the demand for good realty in
Los Angeles is as steady as ever.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Bids for constructing the Panama
canal were opened yesterday. The
opening Of the canal may be looked
for some time-perhaps
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

San Pedro and Los Angeles are about
TO commit matrimony and an the
other nearby towns are invited TO par
ticipate in the ceremonies.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

The news that the Thaw trial will
be very brief is the chnlngost am
nouncement that prurieut New York
has had in a long time
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
New but Not Simplified
PASS THE Observation-Disclosures
TEEAIIS


TEEAUS
"A rev days ago a shopkeeper had q
communication from a friend. in which
he promised to send him n samn1e of
a new Ghoughphtheightteea Judge of
MS surprise on receipt of said sample
to find II was a simple potato. with n
came the Key to the phonetic spelling:
Oh stands for p as in Hiccough.
Ough stands for o in Dough.
Phth stands for as in Phthisis
Eigh stands for A as I'm Neigh.
TIE stands for T as In Gazette.
Eau stands for o as in Beau.
The word has not yet been added to
the Roosevelt Three Hundred"
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish says a careful
woman dresses on $4,000 year Lots
of women. then, must be either care.
less or naked.
1t takes thirty-six hours to cook an
elephants foot. But why cook it?
At a swell dinner in Chicago live nies
were at the table; human and the
other kind.
Poppy-He proposed in church.
Magnolia-Sure he wasn't talking ir
his sleep?
Inc publisher OF press clipping bu-
reau has his work cut out for him.
Dowie thinks he can find gold by dig
glng In Zion. Hat passing played outo
a girl must be very fascinating not
to let man kiss her except against
her will.
We are still to hear from those con-
gressmen who spent Christmas at PAN
ANA. Haven't they recovered yet?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Santa Monica is talking of passing
a law against whiskers on sanitary
grounds. But what about the hair on
the head?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

about as hard a job as a congressman
ever tackles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Any one disgusted with the present
legislature is reminded that an op-
portunity to secure a decent one passed
unheeded only last November.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

ment. it is sadly necessary to remark,
is only in his health.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Dennis; didn't it fairly chase her from
the seas?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Champ Clark of Missouri is to be
the new Democratic house leader. Now
look out for some fun.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

o. T. Johnson suggests improve
ments in street oiling. There is room
for it; the present process is worse
than useless.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

And every day that the "specia,
oommish" sails the seas Unkel Helm
ey's face grows that much longer.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Sure; take care of the stray cats
but how about the stray children?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

More rain? What for? We haven't
dried out from the last one yet.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

What, no, there? Any one heard
from the special commish" lately?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

railroad commission. More power to
Bell.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

The coal famine seems to be broken
till the next cold snap.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

J. P1uvius must have liked his late
visit; he threatens to return.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

What Los Angeles needs is more
houses; rich men, take notice.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
A SEA SONG

Sing me a song of the billowing sea
with the sweep and swing of her
rhythmic waves,
That fathomless mother of mystery
Lulling the deeps of her dripping
caves.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
Population of Los Angeles, Isl, ,463

Anybody sighted the Orient yet?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
HARTMAN THE MODERN WIZARD TRANSPORTATION BOSS

Life the Later Wonderful
o a Personality ls Little Known
lon u n hlcng
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13
ght of a silver sail

O. for the sight of silver sail
Afar on the rim of the arching sky;
o, for the sound of the sea gulls wall
AS low on the breaking crests they
fly,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

The wasp-walst woman Is in stvIa
again. "Stung," says the fat girl
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Justice Harlan says the best thing
IN the world Is balance. Yes, especially
at n bank
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

And o, for the clang of the buoy bell
The siren song of the winds that veer,
Let them sway my heart by their mystic
spell
AS the sea moss sways with the
waters clear.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Kuropatkin calls his book THE Les
son OF the War" It's to be hoped RUS.
sla learned It. l''e
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish says a carefu,
woman dresses on $4,000 a year. Lots
of women. then, must be either care
less or naked.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-13

1t takes thirty-six hours to cook an
elephants foot But why cook it?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
LIFE PRISONERS REFUSED
PARDON; DEMANDS ANNUITY

successor, came to the conclusion that
tho man, the one prisoner, was costing
the state a great deal of money. So a
commission visited him, and told him
that in the future he. would be required
to act as his own taller. He grumbled
a bit at this increase of sentence but
complied. Ills meals used to be sent
down to him from one OF the hotels
in. the town, but one day the scullion
who brought him his dinner did not
turn up to time and so the prisoner
walked up to the hotel and took his
meal there. After that. he got into the
habit of going UP to the hotel for his
meals; then, after stroll on the front
he used to return to his prison and
shut himself in, carefully boiling the
door inside.
But again the authorities found that
he was costing them too much, and so
one day they called him up and told
him that they were sick of seeing hiN
about the place, and that he must clear
out. He emphatically refused to do
anything of5the kind. You sentenced
me to penal seryitude for life" he ar
gued, t'and i expect to work out my
sentence. have no means or earning
a livelihood since you created all the
bother. and it is to you that look for
my sust2pance.'
TO cut long story short. the Prin-
icipalty of Monaco was obliged to set
tile an annuity of 600 francs tI24) q
year upon the convict before he would
consent TO accent ~ freedom and,
leave the country, AS soon as this
was arranged he took up his abode In
q little cottage Just over the Monaco
.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09

The London Daily Mail tells this
story apropos of the Goold murder;
Should the Goods be extradited to
Monaco and tried. one wonders what
would happen to them in the event of
their being found guilty Of wiIful
murder by the Monegasque court. and,
In uniformity with the law, sentenced
to death. Monaco has no guillotine
and no eXecutioner, and indeed no ar
engagements for dealing with Grim
inals.
1t is the place to recall the amusing
story told by Maupassant abuutsa muir
derer who was tried, convicted, and
sentenced to death In Monte Carlo The
authorities asked France to loan them
M. Diebler and his little Instrument,
the red widow The French gov
eminent consented to oblige for the
consideration of $1,000. The Prince
thought this too dear, and so applied
TO his brother Of Italy. Italy offered
to do the thing. all included for 1850.
This again was found too dear. THE
man is not worth it," said the None
gasque authorities.
So the sentence of death was COM
muted to one of life imprisonment. But
there was no prison in Monaco, and a
jail had to be created for the express
purpose Of combining this murderer. and
a, 1ailer had to be appointed This
state ofethlngs lasted fop8some months,
and then the jailer died.
The authorities Mt MoKte Carlo, when
considering the appointment OF his
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
But Temperance

in. Butcher he said, give me three
pounds OF younzbest. 20-cent steak"
Following that line of thought. the
evangelist proceeded TO tell them how
much richer they would be II they
did not snuander their wages In strong
drink. He had caught them and had
urged them to live one week without
drinking.
AT the meeting a week later, with
the same big crowd in attendance, the
evangelist related the second chapter.
You people ought TO have been at
the butcher shop this morning" he be-
gan. 'Then you would have seen the
effects of not drinking. One colored
man came in with smile. Butcher.
he said, give me three pounds of your
best 20-cent steak Another negro
came in, another, and then another.
and all wanted beefsteak instead. of
liver. After while the bartender
entered, The negroes had not been
potronzing his saloon. His business
had decreased. Butcher he said, and
he was not so fiashy now, give me
five cents worth of liver"
The argument was so impressive
that the negroes went to the polls and
voted the straight prohibition ticket.
The right TO vote had been given them
by the liquor dealers, but their minds
had been changed by the man of God.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
BEEF AND LIVER ARGUMENT
CAUSED CITY'.TO GO DRY
Saloon Men Corraled Negroes, But Temperate
Forces Imported Evangelist Who Preached
Three Weeks and Put Vets to Rout.

Beef and liver argument, preached
for three weeks by a negro evangelist
at Charlottesville, was responsible for
the defeat of the wet ticket in that
town, and that. too, after the saloon
dealers had corraled the colored voters
and had secured from them the prom
ise to vote against prohibitions. The
negroes held the balance of power
When the local option question was
agitated the saloon people rubbed thei.
heads together. we are tired of hav-
ing this thing brought up SO often
thay said, and they decided upon a
plan of attack.
They worked quietly. Finding that
between six hundred and seven hum
dred negroes could vote by proper
qualification, the dealers agreed to pay
the registration fees. But the story
reached the ears of the temperance
forces and they met the issue.
A colored evangelist was brought to
Charlottesville. He was properly ad
vertised and the people of his race
flocked to hear him.
Il am going to tell you the story of
the beefsteak and the liver" he said.
Sunday morning at the butcher shop
a lot of poor negroes walked in and
each man bought five cents worth of
liver. That was all they could afford
to buy. Presently the barkeeper came
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-09
TEMPLE
4 TOTAL Loss
Philadelphia Home of the Noble
Birds Destroyed by
Fire.

r. PHILADELPHIA, PAs September 5 Y
nssle temple, the home of pb,iadeI.
hnhla, Aerie, No AZ, Fraternal or na.' =,
Easles, on Spring Garden street naa =,
s nroaa' was destroyed by fire to-dau
Nothing but tho walls of the bn,,a,n.
aeinain standing, and the loss IS aive :
az Sioo,ooo covered by insurance..
me building was purchased Nv ne
tiasles SIX years ago for $4,000, and
since last April $4,000 has been snent
J., Every floor had been rebuilt snd
handsomely furnished, and masons
,,o,, AZ .work putting on an ornaments n'
!, Prominent members OF the order w,c
ttass peen attending the national corr t
SeRuon OF Eagles al Norfolk. w Sn,,
one o. their members, r, j. Monagh,n,
Vas elected grand worthy vicasnrns,.
GENT ot the rational body, ret,,rnnd
eSpse.lng triumphal reception, onlv
10 reach the city in time to saa ~ ,hs
names eating out their home, trhe A., Az
originated In the basement ana { hs.
5lisvea 70 have been caused by crossed
electric light wires. - s'osAe'
only the Waterman was in the nut,a.
Ing when The nte started. 4''"'