Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
HENEY SPEAKS
TO HUGE HOUSE
MAKES VITRI0LIC ADDRESS ON
CORRUPTION
Goes Into Detail to Expose Alliance OF
California Legislators with the
Southern Pacific Politi-
cal Machine

Francis ]. Heney delivered a swan
song address for the eompalgn ae o,e
final rally, prior to the primary, con-
Quoted by the Lincoln Roosevelt Re-
publican league at Simpson aud1to-
rum last night
Every seat was occupied. Standing
room was scarce and only few per-
sons left their seats up to 11:l5 O'Clock,
when Mr. Heney neared the end OF MS
address.
Owing to preliminary addresses! by
other sneakers it was past o'clock
when the graft prosecutor began MS
remarks.
The entire executive committee OF
the league occupied seats of honor
upon the stage, as did several candi-
dates indorsed by the league.
Many women were in the audience
and listened obviously with the closest
attention.
"IJncle" George Alexander, the first
speaker, explained whose uncle he real
ly was. When he was elected he said
he had about $500 nephews in his su-
pervisorial district supporting him,
but by the law of growth he figured 1t
out that he had at least 10, 900 now, not
counting the aunts and cousins.
"And 1 want you 10000 to get out
and work between now and Tuesday,
SdlQ In6 6IuIuy Sup6lNlSOls Il 49,
want me to serve again get out and
hustle the votes at the primary"
Marshal Stimson, senatorial candi-
date. acknowledged that he always
had an ambition to sit in legislative
halls and that he did not have to be
dragged into a candidacy, as was the
case with some.
stmson Scores Perkins
Attorney Stimson declared himself
on the national senatorial situation,
saying:
"I stand squarely against Senator
Perkins. If 1 go to the senate l will
do all in my power to defeat him with
in the party ranks. do not think Per-
kins is in accord with President Roose-
velt."
stay with It," roared some one in
the gallery.
"As to Senator Flint" stimson con-
tinued, "I hope he will have broken
with the Southern Pacific machine
wing of the Republican party before
his term 9expires. I believe he will
have done so. That we may retain the
heritage of San Pedro harbor and all
it implies he should break now"
Russ Avery and Byron oliver also
made talks urging a big representa-
ton of voters at the primary.
Meyer Lissner said that the work of
the league for the campaign practically
would end Tuesday with the primary
work and that then all members would
hustle for Taft and Sherman.
Heney on the Appendix
Prosecutor Heney gracefully ac-
knowledged Chairman Sidney Buffers
introduction and then hkened the con-
dition of the Republican party to a
sick patient whose case the doctors
had diagnosed as appendicitis. A seri-
Gus operation was necessary in the
shape of the removal of the appendix,
California's appendix being the South
ern Pacific political bureau.
As showing how corporations work
he stated that 92 per cent of all the
coal mines east of the Mississippi river
are owned by the railroads. If an in
dependent owner refused to sell he was
brought into line by being refused cars
or charged excessive freight rates. e
Heney said Americans were sadly
lacking in moral courage, although in
case of war they were always to the
front, risking their lives. He found
this lack of moral courage in San
Francisco, where many men came to
him to praise him in his graft work,
but begged that they be kept in the
background. He then launched into
vitriolio denunciation of Ruef and his
cohorts; the men whom the boss Gre
ated and who always remember ed their
creator.
One of the things needful was a
direct primary law that would give
the people a voice in nominations in
every sense of the word, so that they
could elect every public official Her
rim is willing that county offices be so
elected, but not the higher-ups.
Critlcises Glllett
The speaker criticized Governor Gill
lett's lack of backbone on the race
track legislation issue and then sumpc1
to the land and timber frauds in the
north, as indicative of possible reforms.
Oregon, he explained, has direct pri-
mary law now and does not return
senators who, like Fulton Of that state.
are found guilty of violation of laws
against the public interest.
Heney then turned his attention to
the lawmakers In California. whose
corruption he touched on in remin-
iscent way.
Referring to the Los Angeles dele-
CATION in the assembly he said:
"The following members of the as
sembly from Los Angeles voted for the