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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-13
POLITICAL PRISONERS

m HAT the case of the Mexicans de-
tained for such a long time in Los
Angeles county jail has not caused
more comment is due principally to the
fact that they are Mexicans. II they
had been subjects" of any one of sew
eral European countries that might be
named, an attempt to return them to
their inhospitable homes in order that
they might undergo the governmental
formalities of being tried" and sem
fenced to death would have become one
of the issues of the presidential cam
paign. If they had been Irish refugees,
and if "perhdious Albion" had de-
manded their surrender, the welkin
would have rung with the impassioned
protests Of orators. But, they are only
Mexicans." When the Mexican au-
thorities trumped up charges of GRIM
inal offenses against the prisoners, was
II not palpable ruse designed to out
wit the American sense of freedom and
Justice which revolted at giving up the
unfortunate men to their executioners?
Oh. how America is drifting, drifting
away from first principlesl One of the
proudest boasts of the young republic
was that It would be a refuge for the
oppressed Of all nations. Other coun-
tries, which do not pretend to live up
to the high standards Of the United
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THE MAIN CHANCE

TN HERE is cheerful, patriotic anec-
dote about Theodore Slumber-
N land, the truth of which is
vouched for by citizens familiar with
all the facts In the case, all the ''hor-
rifying Details" so to speak. When
the gentleman whose irritating habit of
making haste slowly when haste might
in any way inconvenience the S. P.
became a member of the state railroad
commission he was 81 member Of tho
city council of Los Angeles.
On the pay day after his commits
sionership election he appeared at the
city hall and cashed his council pay
check, although tbs asserted by those
well qualified to know about it that he
had rendered therefor NO public ser
vices. We regret to have to print this
sad reminder that human nature Is
never a negligible quantity in making
an estimate of human being. The
eye that's fixed on the main schance,
the eye whose owner will always ex-
nibit unfailing devotion to the main
chance, Is sometimes of one color, some
times another, but there's never any
green in 1t.
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nCHE behavior of Anna Gould IN d.
vorcine one man to marry an
Il other OF the same type is almost
past belief. Yet that Is what tnis
American girl has done. She is now
the Princess de Sagan. title she has
long coveted. Notwithstanding the fact
that in order to get 1t she had to marry
The first cousin of her husband, Count
Boni de Castellane. During the trial
of her divorce case both Partisan ana
American newspapers limited there was
another man in the case, but the public
genera1Iv attributed the insinuations
to the desire of the yellow press for a
fresh sensation. But the divorce de-
cree was scarcely signed before the
Young woman openly appeared as the
fiancee OF Prince de Sagan, says the
san lose Mercury. A little later she
visited her people In this country to
ask thar consent to her marriage. 1t
h understood they objected very
firmly, but Miss Helen Gould,
while opposed to the marriage,
was not disposed to carry her OPPOSE
ton to the extent OF depriving ner
foolish sister Of her fortune, as the
others had threatened to do.
Anna Gould's conduct is perhaps no
worse than that of hundreds in her
station. but 1t rs none the less repre-
hensible. on that account. She was
reared and trained in a respectable
American home: her sister is a noble.
Christian woman, and so far as the
world knows, her parents lived hap
PLY together. She was the first mem
Der Of the family to disgrace the name
of Gould, although since then other
members have had their scandals. But
this girl, with millions of dollars IN
her own right, ought to have had self
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TT QUITE accords with expectation
that Herrin should seek to get for
II the Southern Pacific complete con-
troll Of the local Republican campaign.
1t ia not surprising that for this pur-
pose he should set Bank Commissioner
John C. Lynch to work TO beg, buy or
steal a majority OF the San Francisco
county committee, In order to repeat
in that political department the opera
ton by which the state central COM
mittee of the party was made TO abdi-
cate its functions in favor OF a pody
more subservient to Herrin. 1t is a
pretty raw sort of program that makes
Herrin the sole directing hand OF the
Republican campaign, says the san
Francisco Call.
The pretense does not deceive any
one that the plan of concentrating
party management in the hands OF
corporation boss is dictated by an over
whelming attachment to the cause or
Taft and Sherman. The record STANDS
to demonstrate that these men who are
now lined up to make Herrin supreme
were opposed to the Endorsement u
Taft as long as there was any doupt
of his nomination. That was the atti-
'tude of all the Organization" men.
Walter Parker shut off the Endorsement
Of Taft by the state committee early
in the year. When the matter was
mooted in the county committee. in.
dorsement was opposed by the follow
ting members:
Tim Sullivan, Charles H. Forbes,
Hamilton Bauer, Ed Kelly. Dominic
Beban, Mamie Strauss, Ed Buckley,
John D. DAILY, Oscar Greenbaum, John
4. Pidwell, H. L. Worthington, Ru-
dolph Gercke. F. C. Cartwright.
These men are now lined up under
command of John G. Lynch, who is
drawing a salary from the state for
doing Herrin's dirty work. Their at
tachment to the cause Of Taft was con-
ceived about the same time with the
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Southern Pacific S Part in
Republican State Politics

conversion of General de Young, who
not long ago insisted that the Repub-
Iican candidate was by no means a
man to arouse enthusiasm. None OF
that crowd wanted Taft. and they
would have tried to beat him had not
tbe nopular demand for his nominal
tion proved too strong for them,
II Is possible that Lynch VIII be able
to get control of the local committee
for his master. He has his hands on
much political patronage that may ne
used as nducements-bribes, in wore
to persuade professional poiticlans
to make the way smooth for southern
Pacific domination. But the power to
be seized In that way Is no longer I'M
portant or far reaching. The primary
law Clipped the wings OF the party
committees, and, although they can Try
on petty tricks and lodges, ike lne
gerrymandering of delegations YET
their tactics are transparent ana easlIy
exposed. They cannot prevent an eA
preston of the real party sentiment at
the primary polls in August.
OF course, these people do not now
and never did care a button about the
success OF Taft or Sherman. They use
the head of the ticket only as stalk
ing horse to conceal their approaches
on the local offices, and If they cannot
get full control of the party machinery
they hope to be able to turn a crooked
trick here and there. Tricks OF that
sort often have proved successful at
times. when the interest in politics was
ianguid, but when popular attention is
arouse and exposure is made they usu-
ally injure most the men who employ
them.
The Call does not ask anything bet
ter than the open activity OF Lyncnl
and Herrin in local politics. 1t VIII
supply a brand of shame for the men
who take the program. and the Call
will take care that the brand is made
known, so that all men may recog-
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ssUM1NG that there is all the dan

A SSUMING that there is all the dam
"a ger of war with Japan, which
"A Mr.. Hobson doubtless fears, moth
patriotic than incendiary speeches on
the subject which he is constantly
making. They tend to prevent congress
from making appropriations for ships
whose construction may be construed
by Japan as menace, and they
strengthen as perhaps nothing else
could any war party which may exist
In Japan. His continual reference to
remarks alleged to have been made
by the president IN private conversa-
tion-which the public refuses to be-
lieVe were ever made-stampS him as
a person with no sense of the proprie-
ties which gentlemen are assumed 10
observe in respect to private CONVEX
sations, and unworthy of any position
of trust outside the lines of battle.
He is a brave man and sturdy nght-
err. but it would be unwise for the
United States to go to war merely for
the purpose of giving Hobson chance
in his one field Of usefulness. Hap
pilv the dislike and derision with which
his grossly improper speech was re-
ceived by q great assembly Will be evil
dence to the world that he represents
only himself, says the San Francisco
Chronicle.
But Hobson is not the only sinner;
1t appears that the republic OF Brazh
ia having three battleships of the
Dreadnought class built in Great
Britain, and it is alleged that, being
shy of the thirty millions of dollars 10
nav for them, or for some other rea-
son. she is disposed to sell them at
profit and that Japan is dickering with
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MIGRATION

A USTRALIA is soliciting American
N Immigration. The Australians
- have heard that many Americans
who under Republican rule have found
it impossible to keep the dinner pail
filled in the United States have gone to
Canada to look for life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. a square deal
and a square meal. The secretary of
the Immigration league of Australia
writes: ave would like some of the
thousands of American farmers who
are crossing into Canada to come to
Australia instead. There are abundant
opportunities"
While Canada and Australia are So
letting immigrants who use the Aneri-
can or English language, the United
States continues to attract thousands
upon thousands of southern Europeans,
canvassed by agents of steamship lines
who go from place to place delivering
free lectures on the United States. I'M
migration is now a business, well or
ganized and adroitly managed. with
the steamship trust backing 1t. Like
any other business, it must show
yearly profit. Hence, many of the
steamships engaged in the traffic are
managed as cheaply as cattle ships,
but with perhaps less care for the pas
sengers than cattle on cattle ships re-
ceive. While this class of immigration,
drummed up by j. Pierpont Morgan
and his steamship trust agents, keeps
officials at Ellis island busy, intelli-
gent, capable Americans, the very
backbone of the nation. are being
crowded out of their native country,
where they are no longer permitted to
make living, and are being driven to
take refuge under the British flag.
The financial panic had a disastrous
effect on many of the Europeans who
were brought to America by the steam
ship trust, and it scared many others
who had been in the United States sew
eral years. For awhile the emigration
from the republic was greater than the
immigration. But as the European
emigration was composed of people
WHOs Ike the NlCtli1lS III Tie HlihduU,
never would be missed" it did not ex-
cite much comment.
The steamship trust did not suffer
by the turn in the tide, because as
rule it charged moro for taking the
wanderers back to their native shores
than it charged for bringing them to
the United States.
Emigration or immigration-it is all
the same to the steamship trust, if the
steerages and intermediates can be
kept packed. Why, readers, many of
the transatlantic liners carrying only
cheap passengers are nothing more nor
less than floating tenement houses and
deepwater slums. Australasia invites
judicious immigration, stating prefer
ence for American farmers. America
makes Of itself an easy mark for the
steamship trust which uses it as a
dumping ground for the waste hui
manity of the most degraded and beg
carly part of Europe.
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Herrin Machine Is Beaten
in Contra Costa County

may expect from that body wherever
it is PERMITTED to have its way. 1t is
the purpose to deny the rank and file
of the Republican party the right to
hold primaries wherever that can be
done The design Is to perpetuate in
power a body not representative of the
party and responsible to none but VIII
liam r. Herrin. This object was to be
accomplished In Contra Costa and else
where by q denial of the right of rep
resentation expressed at the primaries
and by usurpation of the power of ap-
pointment 1t is program that cuts
at the root of popular government and
erects in its place a corporation dig
archy.
The fight in Contra Costa county
shows how powerful are these sinister
influences. A mere statement of the
case for the Lincoln Roosevelt league
and its obvious justice might have
seemed sufficient to make victory GER
tain. AS a matter of fact 1t was a
close and hard fight that should i'm
press every free man with a sense of
his imperative duty to insist on popu-
lar rights and neglect no effort to that
end. other machine ridden commupi-
ties should follow the example of Con-
ira Costa and demand full rights of
representation. This battle Is just be-
ginning
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CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
oBSTRUcTIoNISTs

n PIGMENTS of a new charter are
making almost frantic efforts to
~ place obstacles in the way of peo-
pie whom they term, with contempt not
bred of familiarity but Of sheer preJu-
dice, "faddist charter trainers" The
opponents of a new charter will DO
everything in their power to prevent
progress and to hang on to the old,
crazy quilt, patchwork charter Of the
present day, which, of course, is not
altogether devoid Of merit. 1t has a
few good ideas, such as the referen-
dunn, initiative, etc. These have a
down to date character, and will be re-
tanned in the new charter. But since
a new charter that viii be in all other
respects equally representative OF the
times and conditions in which we live
and the prevailing conditions is needed,
why should we procrastinate over 1t?
What good end can possibly be served
by shilly shallying and flddling and
sparring for time? Was ever advice
more extraordinary than this: IF 81
new charter is needed let us wait
awhile
If the patient is really Ill don't call In
the doctor until he becomes 80 much
worse that we may get into trouble if
we don't summon the doctorl
No good citizen has any sympathy
with those who are crying 'manana"
in reply to arguments based on the
necessity for a new charter. A new
charter is needed. Therefore, why
should we wait awhile? What good
end will be achieved by procrastina-
ton? do it now"
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INVITES "cENTLEMAN" TO
PRODUCE THE EMPLOYMENT

PASADENA, July 11.-[Editor Her
add: Upon reading "a Gentleman"
letter in Letter Box of July in regards
to the idle and worthless class, 1t seems
to me that the gentleman himself must
be one of the class he alludes to, but is
ignorant OF the fact. What is COM
monty called a gentleman III Europe is
man who lives in idleness off the
fruits Of another mans labor. The
meaning of a gentleman in America Is
man who is man enough to earn his
own living, providing the European
do so. He claims that all who are idle
are either lame, shiftless or lazy. Now.
my husband Is neither one of the three,
but an Industrious man, an average
mechanic, practical miner and all
around handy man and not afraid of
work. He has been out of employment
now three months, used every effort to
get a job but failed. In case he should
leave Los Angeles county in search OF
work there are two things only to con-
front him. To go any distance he will
be compelled to hobo it, or in other
words steal a ride on the railroad, that
would land him from thirty to ninety
days In the county jail, or strike out on
foot, and in case he should be unfor-
Cunate enough TO ash Ior Hleal On Inc
way the county jail confronts him
again for the like period OF time. Now
if the esteemed gentleman, who claims
there is work for all who are willing
to work, will kindly inform the fol-
lowing address, $40 North Hill avenue,
Pasadena, of any kind of employment
that will provide a dish of soup and a
cracker thrown in for myself and two
children. OF course, being a woman of
wide experience, 1 would like to save
enough over from that to pay our
taxes. which will be shortly due, also
interest on the mortgage on our little
home which we are striving to keep
from going back into the hands of the
gentleman ELLA SMITH.
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HEARST; VILIFIER

MELLOW JOURNALISM will win no
supporters in Los Angeles by its
Il foul abuse of both political par
ties, and it's especially and exception
ally vile assault upon William Jennings
Bryan, whom it has cartooned and
maligned more .viciously than 1t has
ever cartooned and maligned any other
public man excepting President William
Mckinley. One would have thought the
bitter lesson Hearst received after the
murder of the chief executive who had
been the target for his disgusting, obi
Gus and clumsy vulgarities would have
been remembered by him as long as he
lived, and that never again would he
have permitted the columns Of the
newspapers he owns to be debauched by
prostituted "art" and degraded by
gutter-bred editorial writing on the
subject of men honored by mu-
lions of their American fellow
citizens. Must Los Angeles endure
the foul and slanderous screeches of
this yellow vulture? From now on
until November, and even after No
vember, if Mr.. Bryan is elected-and in
all probability will be elected-must
we as a community be disgraced by a
repetition Of the offense for which this
nation had to apologize to all civil
ization, the offense of treating its
patriotic public men as If they were
notoriuos offenders, deserving to be
pilloried by every cheap and scurillous
knave who will stoop to sell his talents
for a mess of yellow pottage?
STOP, William Hearst. You are go
ing too far.
THE AMERICAN NATION RE-
MEMBERS.
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GOOD ROADS

N GOD roads will add to the comfort
eT OF California as well as to Its
VI commercial welfare and its actual
values. In every part of the state
traversed by good roads real estate
prices will be increased. To every part
of the state traversed by good roads
business prosperity will be attracted.
There is an immediate necessity for the
construction of two broad, smooth
highways. one OF which will lead to tho
to the Santa Monica bay district.
These roads would be built through a
sparsely settled territory and could be
made 'as the crow flies" straight and
ing good roads is an appreciation In all
land values. The ranch or farm which
is accessible and can easily send its
cattle or crops to market is more valu-
able than one in which marketing is a
tedious and expensive process. Good
roads should be built ungrudgingly,
because good roads make communities
wealthy and countries great When the
Romans undertook the task of civiiiz-
ing our barbarous ancestors, first of
all they built good roads, and some of
the Roman roads are still In existence.
We may have built up a better civiliza-
ton than the Romans, but we have not
built better roads. 1t is our duty to
ourselves and to posterity to be enthu-
siastic over the good roads movement
in Southern California. Let us realize
what it means. We cannot be appre-
ciative of its meaning without being
enthusiastic.
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NoNTRA COSTA COUNTY and the
Republican party thereof have
" thrown off the inpertinent domin-
alton of the Herrin machine, but II
was done only after hard and bitter
fight. that called into play the utmost
energies of the Lincoln-Roosevelt
league. 1t is. a most encouraging VIC
tory, because Contra Costa has long
been regarded as an impregnaDle
stronghold of the organization. me
county was George Hatton's prlVate
preserves, whence came well drilled
veterans of the old guard, ready 10
take program and take 1t straight says
the San Francisco Call.
The organization felt that here was a
decisive battle-ground. If 1t could not
win in Contra Costa it's chances would
be slender elsewhere. Machine men
and machine money were mobllizeo IN
blocks and bags to meet the onslaught
of the league. All the malign energies
of the county ring, encouraged by the
organ of the Calkins syndicate were
brought into action.
Contra Costa county is no longer
pocket borough, delivered by Hatton
to Herrin. 1t has asserted It's mannoou
and regained its freedom. II is no
mans property. .,o IL
The course of the organization III
Contra Costa shows what the peoPle
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CAN TAFT ALSO BE ONE OF
THE WEYERHAuSER CoTERlEi

LOS ANGELES, July 1o.-[Editor
Herald: My attention has been called
to an editorial in your issue of July 7,
in which you speak of Mr.. Taft, the
Republican nominee for president, as
owning, with his brother, 100000 acres
of land In Texas. Surely there must
be some mistake.
Mr.. Taft is a protege of Theodore
Roosevelt who has recently denounced
so vigorously those who have been an
nexing the nations resources, and has
summoned governors and other infiu-
entail men from all over the country
to consider how such resources can be
best preserved. 1 cannot conceive that
he himself should be numbered among
the Weyermausers, the Winans and
the other land grabbers against whom
the president so vehemently crates.
There must be a mistake, and 1 fear
you are doing a good man an In
justice. REPUBLICAN VOTER.
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SAYS OUR LAWMAKERS NEED
NEBLATcHFoRD's. "NoT GUILTY

Los ANGELES, July 11.-[Editor
Herald: am citizen of the United
States, though British born, and 1 was
naturally led to notice review in an
American paper of b book by an Eng
lishman. allude to Mr.. Stones series
of articles in The Herald on Robert
Blatchford's book, "Not Guilty; A De-
Tense of the Bottom Dog" I read with
some complacency the reference there
in to the severity of legal punishments
in Elizabethan days; and l felt good
to think how far we had progressed
since those barbarous times.
But my complacency received a Sc
we're Jolt this morning on reading in
your news columns how man ian olo
soldier, Philippine veteran and con-
sunptive at that had been sentenced
only yesterday in a local court to five
years for a paltry theft. True, 1t was a
"paltry" theft in more senses than one
1T was mean indeed to rob a fellow
veteran-possibly not much better off
than himself. But put 1t at its
meanest, and then-f1ve years-and the
mockery of calling II a Eight" sentence.
This is the land of freedom" where
human liberty is (supposed to- BEL SO
highly priced!
But this is not all. My feeling of in
dignation and pity (more or less a per-
sonal feeling) became merged in
fierce crescendo of horror and shame
(for the nation where such things could
be) when I read on and learned that
for this offense (theft) this unfortunate
man could, by the law Of the land, have
been sentenced to anything from one
year to life sentence. Think of It!
In the twentieth century!
lack words for comment. Unless
there is some mistake, verify our law
makers, as well as our judges, should
read Blatchford's book.
WILLOUGHBY SMART,