Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-08
MONROVIANS GIVE
NOISY WELCOME TO
FLYING SQUADRON

The flying squadron anchored at
Monrovia at noon. First to greet them
were two autos loaded with war-horse
Democrats from Azusa, Covina and Po-
mona, who later made the pilgrimage
with the Los Angeles car owned by Jo-
seph Simons, carrying Senator Cart
wright.
AS soon as the autos hove in sight a
noise committee of Monrovians, armed
with rifles and revolvers. shot holes in
the sky and brought young and old
America out of doors to see what the
excitement was. Pretty soon every
body was headed for the speakers
point, near the city hall.
Messrs. G. Fl. Dusenbery, G. c. Du-
senbery, Frank j. Cornes and others
acted as arrangement committee for
the comfort Of their guests.
DR.. J. S. Allison, candidate for the as
sembly, introduced Senator George
Cartwright, who spoke from the hurri
cane deck of the auto and was heard
easily by all assembled.
We come to your city pleased by
our reception and gratified to know
that Bryanism is spreading over the
country" said Senator Cartwright.
Time to Unyoke
For years we have heard political
orators tell us that the Southern Pa
cific's bureau dominates the Republican
machine. If that is the case the time
to unyoke the collar is here, next
month.
LAS one who has watched the work.
1ngs of the legislature, know that not
half has been said of the willingness
of Republicans to wear the railroad
collar.
Burke, Parker and Hatton are al
ways present, sending messengers
through the assembly chambers and
bringing the senator's and assembly
men hot-footing 1t to headquarters.
when a party has been in power too
long graft and tyranny usually follow.
There is time for a shakeup now.
Twelve years ago the Democratic party
cleaned itself out, and it has remained
clean since.
"One of the reasons why Democracy
was able to purge itself was that the
railroad bureau paid little attention to
it, supposing that the vote was too
small to be worth while. We didn't
know why we were ignored until our
good friends of the Lincoln Roosevelt
league revealed some of the inner Sc
crets and conditions.
I'VE have the same conditions ma
t1onally as well as locally. The Repub-
lican party has been in power SO long
that it has entrenched itself. 1t wants
Taft elected. 1t has selected its man
with the full federal machinery back
of it, yet Taft was unable to make the
Chicago convention adopt a platform
to suit the Rooseyeltian idea"
No Cheers for Taft
A passerby at this point stopped
long enough to listen and then call:
'Hurrah for Taft"
There was no hurrah, no noise. The
crowd was too busy drinking in Cart
wright's words.
He doesn't seem to have company
in that lonesome WALL said Senator
Cartwright, amid laughter.
'"There is not much difference among
the masses of the people as to what
they want. Economic conditions are
such that something must be done with
the tariff. One element wants to build
a wall around certain industries and
outposts; the other asks a schedule of
rates modified to meet Southern Cali
fornia wants.
mo Democrat believes in free trade
now. We want the schedules revised to
meet the needs that exist. Now comes
the contest between corporations. The
steel trust will approach it's men in
congress and warn them that the tariff
on steel rails must not be interfered
with. The threat is made that If the
congressman refuses to comply he will
find the trusts influence thWarting his
chances of reelection.
80 long as these corporations con-
tribute to the campaign funds, so long
will they dictate the platforms and
messages of their party, no matter
which side it is on
Case Directly in Point
Senator Cartwright told an incident
about Upham, one of the leading COM
mittee Republicans at Olney's head
quarters. Upham was a member of the
assessment board in Chicago. and as
such passed on the blanket assessments
and licenses of the trolley roads. On
his vote the board decided to reduce
the assessment by ten millions.
do you suppose that if the Chicago
roads had not contributed to the Taft
fund they would have been saved the
necessity of paying full assessment"
asked the speaker, solemnly.