Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
HEARD AROUND
THE CORRIDORS
BY THE EAVESDRCPPER
EDITOR GIVES
ADVICE ON EVERYTHING

]. S. McCue of Corte MADEIRA, the
author of Horse Sense" is at the
Alexandria. Horse Sense is a monthly
periodical Of homemade philosophy and
it and it's eccentric author are becoming
known as the eXpounders of original
views on everything from political
economy to how to cure corns. In the
current number Mr.. McCue goes into a
discussion of Marin county history, in
which he incidentally includes a little
of his own history, jumps to the earth
quake, touches lightly on Harry ThaW
and Schmitz and Ruef, works in little
boost for the Japanese, Governor Gil
lett and the horse, and finishes with a
tribute to his native town.
Il shrink from the distinction of be-
ing a university product" he says in
his preface, for L firmly believe that
1 have graduated from a wiser and
nobler institution-the college of COM
mon sense. AS gaze on my horoscope
am also led to believe that it was pre-
destined to be my fortune to be obliged
to get my education to a great extent
from the most expensive institution of
learning known to men-the school of
experience.
1T is not for moment my thought
that my publication will meet with the
appreciation of the entire reading pub
lie, as it is not intended as horse medi-
cine to heal up all the sores of corrup-
ton, but is more on the line of horse
sense"
This is the way he disposes of
Schmitz and Ruef:
Maybe they will send Mayor Schmitz
on a vacation to San Quentin. 1t is a
] cgn fslit fn Nrf1 Il hi hoo |
more good than a trip to Europe.
But how can they send Ruef over
! there? Suppose he did advise the mayor
and the supervisors to rob the COM
fnunity? He is their legal lawyer, ant
of course it would only be legal advice
He couldn't be guilty of bribe taking,
he was not an official. Therefore the
most you can convict him for is taking
fee. If he had been a farmer or :
mechanic and had given these men ad
vice to commit crime then he would b,
an accessory to the bribery.
You have got to curtail the lawyers
! privileges a little or all the thieves il
this country would be admitted to tn,
bar, so that a lawyer could Away
tell his associates what stage to holc
up to find the bullion. You Will finj
this the case in the Ruef trial, and tn
sooner you change the privileges of tn
lawyers the better ii Will be for tn
country.
THE japanese" ," says Mr.. McCue. "ar
the greatest blessing Of all nations L
the American people. They have prove
themselves the equal if not the su
perior of any class Of men on eartf
They have whipped the greatest an
most powerful Christian nation; the
have whipped the greatest and mos
powerful Asiatic race and today hay
control of Asia. They have show
themselves a humane people, and thei
treatment of their prisoners in the las
Japanese Russian war viii be a lastin
evidence of kindness TO those they hay
conquered"
Personals
George A. Berner, president of tn
Berner Trunk Manufacturing compan
of Denver, registered al the Hollen
beck last night.
r. w. Dargin and NJ Harris, tw
pioneer promoters of Rhyolite, are a
the Alexandria.
j. II. Mitchell of Berkeley presiden
of the National Educational company
is at the Hollenbeck.
l.. G. Kellogg, a Honolulu merchan
was at the Van Nuys yesterday.
Mrs T. Matzmura, prominent JAP
anese woman, and her son are at tn
King Edward.
c. o. Townsend and E. C. Kitter
both of Washington, ID. c., are at In
Hollenbeck. They are In Los Angelo
on federal business.
Mr.. and Mrs. George b. Ellis, know
in New York society, are at the An
gelus