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The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-28

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The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-05-28

firm and had not felt the i've hours
steady work upon the road.
Loosening the girths. he pat The
hobbies on its feet and let It browse
upon the scanty grass which grew
about the well. Then sitting down he
ate a piece OF brown and gritty bread.
moistening his thumb to gather up the
crumbs, not on account OF hunger, but
from the sacred character bread has
amongst the Moors, who hold It impi-
Gus to waste particle Of the chief
blessing God has given man
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07

sonable 1t would have been quite APP
propriate. He says he likes to hear
correspondents use good logic, but one
does not need to read between the
lines to know that he must have been
behind the door when logic was pass
ing round. He says, also, he believes
In modern methods. There is no doubt
of that. BY the way he falsifies facts
one might really believe he had some
thing to do with writing the Repub-
lican platform. If he hears any noise
which he mistakes for the hum OF the
wheels of prosperity his hearing must
be polluted by the political machine he
evidently is closely allied with. / ex-
pect / am throwing away my time
and the printer his ink in replying, for
there are none so blind as those who
will not see. To class the army of
unemployed as crippled crooked, lazy
or incompetent is an open insult to
our 100000 honest law-abiding, true
patriotic and intelligent Americans, for
II Is a fact that GA per cent Of the I'M
employed are American born and bred.
and not foreign riffraff, as he Is pleased
to call them. God forbid that any
such logicians as he should bear the
name American. The greatness of tho
nation today can easily be traced to
Its cosmopolitan hue, and that man
Is the best cosmopolite who loves his
native country best; and that man
Is the best citizen who condemns
wrong, no matter by whom the wrong
Is committed.
Mr.. Cummingway's great-grand-
father may have been one of the gem
tlemen who came over in the May
flower, but noble sires have been
known to rear degenerate sons, even
in America. T. ]. POLLARD.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
SCARED,

NUFFEYS CUFF is hardly worthy of
IT serious notice. Still, 1t may fool
~ some people II they are not re-
minded that the Republican party and
Its allies cannot defeat Americanism
at the coming election, therefore, they
are directing their fire on the probable
candidate of Americanism. and not
on the issues. They dare not debate
the issues. They are afraid to meet
any responsible, high class. educated
American, especially one who is the
father of a family, and discuss with
him the preservation of the American
home, which is the main issue. Tariff
reform and other Democratic proposals
are all means to an end. Their aim
is to bring about better conditions of
living for the great mass of the Amer
lean people, to restore liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, for poverty is a
tyrant and an enslaver, and the poor
man is not free: to give again to the
people an opportunity to pursue hap
piness, which under present conditions
is beyond the reach Of hundreds of
thousands of American citizens.
Republicans have nothing to say i'll
reply to the statement that child labor
Is prevalent in the United States, that
illiteracy is on the increase, that under
Republicanism there has been a de-
cline in learning and a lowering of the
standard of American scholastic train
ing, and that pauperism and vaga-
bondage have reached alarming pro-
portions. They will go on whooping
about Colonel Bryan, and every shall
lowpate that can thump a Republican
typewriter will be paid extra space
rates. for inventing new Republican
lies about this man. In the name of
all that's sensible, we ask, after all
is said and done, is he the issue? Is
the standard bearer the army? Is
the leader the cause? Is the soldier
the fight? Colonel Bryan is good
and great and well equipped, RESPONSE
BILE American, and If we are really
ever called on to defend him, we will
do so; even If we have to carry the war
into the enemy's country, and accuse
his candidate of having stood by with
out interfering with the operations of
as pesky crew of looting carpetbag-
gers as ever sacked a conquered prov
ince. We advise our Republican |
friends to stop their petty vituperation |
why, they don't even know how to |
when it comes right down
to brass tacks. They are amateurs
even at that. But If they wish to dis
cuss the ISSUES before the country,
then
Lay on. MacDuni
And coward he that nrst cries. Hold,
enoughW
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
UNSATISFACTORY

MANY complaints are being made
V1 OF unsatisfactory conditions in
the telegraph service. Citizens
whose friends on the way to Califor-
mia have wired them to apprise them
of that happy fact and ask them to be
at the station to meet the train have
received the messages hours and, in
one instance, almost day after the
arrival Of the train. Messages filed
for the east have been crowded out
and no adequate reason given. 1t is
we'll known that the number of tele-
grams filed each day is far below nor
NAL, even for this time of the year.
Has the service deteriorated or have
the telegraph officials adopted a scheme
of sorting kilograms which they deem
most important? The telegraph COM
panies ought to have a large enough
force of competent men to be in
position to handle ALL the matter sent
out of Los Angeles, press matter as
well as private. If private messages
are important to their senders and re-
ceivers, press messages are no less
important to California. When press
messages are delayed or crowded out,
the most desirable form of legitimate
publicity for California is interfered
with,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
SUBSCRIBER HAS SOME FUN
WITH Mr.. STONES NAME

FENNER, Cal, July e.-IEditor
Herald: 1t is written when men are
silent then shall the stones cry out"
and g. Stone has been heard. This
Stone sayeth that he is sentient and
sympathetic. A Stone with a. musical
soul and a tombstone. He maintains
that I lack some essentials. Truly the
fool speaks wisely. II lack the head
and heart of Stone" He accuses me as
being fit for crimes not knowing per-
haps that criminals, especially muir
derers, are exceedingly fond of dogs.
That dogs are vehicles of disease
germs; that they will infest dwellings
and barns and expose the inmates to
the contagion of CHAMBERS, distemper,
anthrax, tuberculosis, bubonic plague.
etc., is entirely unknown to the SYM
pathetical Stone. He regards hydro
phobia with Stones indifference. But
here is a story: Once upon time there
was a loving couple, but not blessed
with children. After some years of
longing they were surprised with twins.
The prettiest and most lovely boys on
earth, they thought. The boys were
s years old when one day while at play
a shaggy cur with frothing mouth
bounced upon them and bit both. In
three weeks their agonies were over.
The mother, through grief, lost her
reason and destroyed herself, and the
father wanders somewhere in this world
a broken spirit, prematurely aged,
nursing his sorrow and waiting to join
his loved ones.
Again, l will advise to tax dogs out
of existence in the large cities, and
a canine without license. I value hui
man life above everything and wish
that the dogs were all Stone dead.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
FALL OF HEARST

TT is sad when a possible champion
of the people abandons their cause.
IL We view with regret the surrender
opposed to the common veal. With
sorrow and amazement we realize he
has been captured by the Southern
Pacific and that his newspaper train
is now numbering along among the S.
P. baggage wagons. Mr.. Hearst never
made a greater mistake than when he
became a gutter in the fight for the
rights of the people. With the vast
fortune he once possessed he could
have made himself one of the greatest
forces for good in the United States,
and there were many who fondly be-
lieved 1t was his intention to carry
on relentless newspaper war against
every feature Of modern life which was
contrary to Americanism. They
thought that was why he chose the
name American" for some of his
papers. Keen indeed is the regret Of
all who had hoped Hearst would help
restore Americanism IN America. They
see him completely under the domina-
ton of the Southern Pacific road and
it's interests, dictated to by Hartman;
the agent of Harriman's wishes, the
apostle of his will. the advertiser of
his plans, the defender of his deeds.
Melancholy indeed is the spectacle
presented by the "chief'' of the Inde-
pendence league, as. anything but "in-
dependent" he receives and obeys the
instructions of the master mind which
dominates his mind, the master pur-
pose which controls his purposes, tho
master will which makes of him a
thrall with his neck, like the neck Of
Gurth the herder. bound in a collar
of brass, on which are engraved IS. F"
the initials of the overload.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
FRANK r. STONE REPLIES TO
CRITIC OF NOT GUILTY

Los ANGELES, July 6.-[Editor
Herald: As regards that mot Guilty
review I hardly feel called upon to
notice criticism or objections written
before the argument was fully devel-
oped. In fact l feel rather inclined to
take the position of demanding that
critics shall first have read the whole
review. Next I might even stipulate
that they shall have read the book
itself (the paper edition can be got for
l6 cents postpaid from the Clarion
press, London). Then perchance l
should be entitled to say: This let's
me out. If Blatchford's mastery ar
gument and invincible logic has not
convinced you 1t would be presumption
in me to attempt IT," 1 really think
should be justified in taking that
attitude rather than in wearying 9TH
ers with q stale rehash of arguments
already ably and exhaustively present.
ed by Mr.. Blatchford.
However, since Mr.. Graf has been
good enough to chip In" after reading
but one installment of the review 1
suppose we must take 1t as a compli-
ment to the interest of the subject and
reply to his remarks. 1 am afraid l
can only say that he presents another
example of that loose thinking which
Mr.. Blatchford's book was written to
combat. Mr.. Graf says; "Heredity
and environment undoubtedly are the
principal factors that enter into the
formation of character" He implies
that there Is something else. He might
as well tell us that oxygen and hydro
gen are the principal" constituents
of water. Before going further 1 feel
like asking Mr.. Graf to tell us what
else goes to the makeup OF character,
outside of heredity and environment.
What he says about mans ability
to distinguish between fright and
wrong is only the old Conscience
superstition again. And when he says
this is universally accepted" 1 can
only say that ii is nothing of the kind,
referring him in proof of same TO Mr..
Blatchford's chapter on Conscience"
which 1 must do Mr.. Graf the justice
OF granting he had not read when he
somewhat too impulsively opened fire.
The inherent" knowledge of right and
wrong is a Pigment of the imagination
postulated by few who think loosely,
and accepted" by a greater number
who do not think at all. I have care
fully tested Mr.. Blatchford's logic link
by link and If anyone can break 1t
shall be no less interested than sur
prlsed, but the breach must be demon
strated; a mere assault of random
statement Is not enough. The fact
alone that conscience" varies with
time, place and condition gives the lie
to its infallibility and inherency.
FRANK r. STONE.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
EXPLAINS CHARGE MADE
AGAINST MEXICAN PRISONERS

LOS ANGELES, July 6-[Editor
Herald]: In reply to the letter of dar-
old B. Grant, who wishes to know on
what charges the Mexican Liberals.
Magon, Villareal and Rivera, are held
in the Los Angeles county jail, permit
me to say that they are in prison
awaiting the decision of the supreme
court on their appeal against extra
dition to Arizona on charge of con-
spring in Douglas in 1906 to set on
foot an armed expedition against Mex
leo. This is a miSdemeanor for which
the maximum penalty Is two years
Imprisonment and a fine of $4,000.
Neither Magon nor Villareal has ever
been in Arizona. At the time the Of
Tense Is alleged to have been commit
ted Prof Rivera was in Denver on his
way from st. Louis to Los Angeles,
Magon was in Canada and Villareal
was in the City of Mexico. The men
have been in Jail here eleven months.
Their bail is fixed at $4,000 each.
Regarding the charges of expectorat-
ing on the streets of Mexico City, to
which Mr.. Grant refers: 1t Is true such
IA complaint was filed and signed by
Ambassador Enrique Creel. who asked
their eXtradition. This was one of
several charges which were brought to
prolong the stay of the political pris-
oners in an American Jail. Among
this series of charges was one of a
John Doe murder"-time and place,
as we'll as other things, not mentioned.
That charge was exploded, as were
others. The limit on which men may
be held on such proceedings is forty
days. The paid agents were ready
with fiimsy charge each time and the
men were returned to prison.
The United States district attorney
has now ordered these men. who are
held on a misdemeanor charge. placed
'incommunicado," which means they
will not be allowed the privileges of
common prisoners to see their friends
twice g. week. on visiting days. Per-
nit me 70 remind Mr.. Grant NE is not
in Russia. JOHN M. HAYS.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
]. BULL NEEDLES

n EGRETS have been expressed by
X, the British and French ambassa-
~ doris over their inability to attend
the Democratic national convention.
That they should have had to send
regrets is regrettable. The ambassa-
doris, especially the Briton, were con-
spicuous figures at the Republican con-
vention, where Bryce acted as official
reporter for the British government. a
thorough diplomat, such as Bryce has
hitherto been supposed to be, would
have taken pains to be present at the
Democratic convention, and would
have sent his home government and
fetal account" of the proceedings at
the second national political gathering
as he sent Of the proceedings at the
first. 1t is evident the British govern
ment is anxious to have the Republi-
can party returned to power. and in
order to bring about that result is
willing to use whatever influence 1t
may exert without causing scandal.
II British influence and British gold
are to be used in the Republican cleo
ton 1t is not because the weather. class
In England is in favor of federation, but
because 1t is In favor of imperialism,
which is utterly foreign to the fedora
ton idea, spirit, purpose or plan, and
which, we have no doubt, in it's less
lucid intervals goes so far as to con-
template the addition of the United
States to the British empire. That
British influence is on the side of Re-
publicanism. corporationism and plu-
tocracy is evident, because it has been
exercised in favor of the Republicans,
and is now being exercised in favor of
the Republicans. The attendance of
the ambassador at the convention of
one party and his absence from the con-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07

against the ignorant and hungry poor,
making more criminals than they
punish, The laws today, as in Isaiah's
day, enable the rich to add field to
field till the people have no ROOM
and overholy ones cry peace, peace"
where there is no peace, and morality,
morality" where USURY AND Elk
PLOITATION are HONORED ARTS.
You cannot sow wrong and reap
right Where the laws are so often
made by ignorant and dishonest men
and administered by men as ignorant
and selfish they are good for neither
rich nor poor-evil alike in conception,
enforcement and result
The writer of mot Guilty" defense
of the bottom dog, closes his plea by
begging us to do all in our power to
change the unjust laws and opinions
which make the deadly environment
that fosters vice and crime. For"
saws Mr.. Blatchford, besides that the
laws are unjust, that the teachings of
our superior persons are untrue, that
blame and punishment must fail, as
they have always failed, there is the
awful waste. the waste of life, of love.
of beauty and of power that the pres
ent system entails. There Is hardly
shameless drab, a broken pauper, a
hardened thief, a hopeless drunkard,
zen under fair conditions"
Good women, If ever you felt the
thrill of dear child's fingers on your
throat or breast, think of what mil
lions of such children must become.
Good men, If you honor womanhood,
if you love your daughters and your
wives, think of the women and the
girls in the streets, in the fields, in the
factories and in the jails, and then
look into your mirrors for friend to
save them"
Men and women, as the little chill
dren now are, the ruffian and the har-
lot once were; as the ruffian and the
harlot now are millions of helpless chill
dren must become, unless you give
them sympathy and aid"
Mr.. Blatchford closes his trenchant
little book, from which I have quoted,
though literally by no means exhaust
lively (the book is cheap and every one
should read it,, with these words :.
"for the sake of the generation not
yet spoiled nor lost. Tor the sake of
the nations yet unborn, in the name of
justice, of reason and of truth, I ask
you for a verdict of mot GUILTY"
Not Guilty: A Defense of the Bottom
Dog. By Robert Blatchford. Cloth,
Sc cents; paper, 16 cents, postpaid.
Clarion Press; Al Worship street, Lon
don, England.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
BELIEVES BRYAN WILL WIN
IF SUPPORTED BY DEBS

LOS ANGELES, July 6.-lEditor
Herald: l am not SOCIALIST Fos-
sibly they are right in some thlngS.
Now l am very well acquainted WIN
their leader, Mr.. Debs, for the past
thirty-fi years, and he Is SELF made
man and honest, yet | think It would
be much wiser for him and his fol-
lowers to support Mr.. Bryan. Yes,
Eugene v. Debs served one term in
the Indiana legislature as a Democrat
and ought to return to his old allegt-
ance and use his might for the man
we can. If united, elect, yes, sweep the
country. Now some gentleman has the
assurance to say in your late issue
that the country is prosperous. plenty
Of work for all, etc. Now presume
things have been Cumming His Way,
but regret to say 1t is not SO with
thousands of others all over the coun-
try. and they are not all riff-raff.
Plenty of good, honest, Industrious men
cannot get a job. / have seen 1t for
the mast seven months. His assertion
of better wages than ever before is
false. directly so. 1t would require too
much space to answer his letter in
detail and I can say that 1t Is the
firm opinion of many that the author
of such an article SO UNANIMOUSLY false
is a rank Republican and doubtless
hired to preach prosperity. / presume
his next article will be a full dinner
nail. but 1t won't work now. No, the
workingman is up to all the old tricks.
II won't work now. DEMOCRAT.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
LAW AND CITIZENSHIP

&INOOD CITIZENSHIP stands for
DR. reverence for law" said Rev.
" Lewis Gouverneur Morris in
his eloquent Independence Sunday
sermon. Disregard for law is wide
spread. It is not confined to the
vicious and ignorant of our popula-
ton. The spirit Of it has crept into
high places. Much of it is. 1 acknowl-
edge, in regard to what We may per-
haps call the lesser laws. Lawlessness
of any kind is a serious matter. 1t is
fraught with danger to our public well
fare; it is a menace to the prosperity
and stability of the nation. By defy
ing or disregarding ANY law we sow
the seed which, yiell Is that anarchy
which from time to time shocks the
civilized world by some atrocious
crime. This spirit oe lawlessness is a
breach In our bulwarks. Everywhere
it is a traitor and rebel to the coun-
try Good citizenship stands unswerv-
ingly for the inviolability and sacred
ness of law. Reverence for law is one
of the foundation virtues upon which
the prosperity and stability of the
nation rest" This is true, and we may
add that social and economic discon-
tent are sometimes enemies of existing
laws because they hold that the law
must be responsible for conditions
which exist under 1t. People who live
in social contentment are contented
also with the law Now social con-
tentment is EASY to foster and pre-
serve. 1t is not true that everybody
wants "as much as he can grab.
Many thousands of people are con-
tented with enough and have no
thought beyond "every day their daily
bread" as long as there is plenty of it.
A well fed nation will always be more
contented than a nation which is half
starved. Hunger rather than poverty
caused much of the discomfort in Ire
land. With a return of prosperity,
caused by return of the Irish people
to the Irish SOIL talk of Irish indepen-
dence has almost ceased, and even poll
iticians with proposals for a limited
separation are not finding much en-
couragement. 1t is important that rev.
erence for law should be restored, but
1t cannot come without restoration of
the greatest prosperity for the greatest
number. VIII this happy result be
attained to by giving the Republican
party a renewed lease Of power? On
the contrary. we believe a continuance
OF Republican power win breed such
discomfort that the nation. in a mood
for rash experiment, may be driven
tn Socialism or something equivalent.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07

This is the day of triumphant
Democracy. The Denver convention
has a good cause and good candidate.
and the Democratic party will not only
have the support of the regular Dem
ocrats," but of American citizens who
believe in the first principles of Ameri-
canisrn. The Republican platform has
disguised many voters who might have
accepted Taft as an independent can
didate. They cannot subscribe to the
doctrines of the platform. They must
either refrain from voting or vote with
their consciences instead of with their
party. A vote with conscience will be
a vote for the candidate of the Demo-
cratic party.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
LAND GRADERS

n NE of the causes of poverty In the
United States is land lust, the
" greed of men who annex vast
tracts of territory, call 1t private prop
erty," tell would-be settlers and other
trespassers to keep away from it OF
they will be shot, and monopolize
enough of the surface of the earth to
support thousands of families in COM
fort. Several men have won fame by
their landlordism, among them Weyer-
hauser and Winans. Weyerhauser has
been active in acquiring American soil,
while Winans did not confine his opera
lions to America, but distinguished
himself by evicting crofters in the
Highlands of Scotland, whose little
holdings he bought lover their heads"
in order that he might wilderness their
farms and create a vast deer forest.
Many Americans possess landed
estates, which they administer with
propriety and with regard for the
rights of their fellow men. On these
estates great communities could be
supported, or enough foodstuffs could
be raised to provide meals for thou
sands of poor wretches who have been
suffering from hunger in New York and
other big eastern cities.
The Tafts, 'Bilr' and Charlie" own
a half million acres of land in Texas,
upon which they maintain a house
which is 1.-The pride of Texas. 1t is
said to be one of the most beautiful
country homes in America. In some
respects it resembles a MAGNIFICENT
HUNTING LODGE"