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Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

A FTER carefully reading the adj
IN zdress of that faction of the Re
IA publican county committee Whlcn
seems to set most store by the pre-
nomen regular" one cannot see that
so far as professions go, the public
can have any reason for complaint. IL
feryently declares that its only desire
is for perfectly pure government,
and moreover, that such has always
been its aim and accomplishment, ana
that the contemptibly weak but horrl-
bly, depraved minority" which is seek
ing to obtrude itself upon the atten.
ton of the public is deserving only OIL
utter reprobation by all decent cltl-
zens. 1t declares further that the at
tempt of these political outlaws to de-
feat the Republican party by charg-
ing il as being responsible for the
mast" is aided and abetted by Demo-
Gratis of the deepest dye and is an
awful example of political depravity.
Nevertheless, it is proclaimed, anu,
"undeterred by the intimidation and
bribery of it's members by would-be
political boss, and Indifferent to the
threats and cajolery of paid detec-
tive" the regular steam roller snail
roll on and achieve a GLORIOUS tri-
umph'' next November. 1t is 1urtner
announced that the machine presents
the names of capable, honest and lnde-
nendent men to the coming conven-
tons. In this summary of the "regu-
iar'' pronunciamento we have not ad-
hered, except as indicated by quota
ton marks, to the precise phraseology
of the instrument, but have SOUGHT
and we trus. with success, to trans
mute into failry ineligible american
the spirit which breathes IN the oocu-
ment. If one can believe what 1t says,
we do not see what more can be asked.
If the sugar machine is as bad as the
railroad machine says it is, 1t would
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
TAKES ar. NJ" TO TASK FOR
POSING AS HERO WoRSHIPER

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9.-TEditor
Herald: r. N. certainly has courage
when he hazards his reputation as a
student by setting himself down as a
hero worsiper. All the authorities of
modern science-Darwin, Huxley, Wal
lace, Spencer, Ward and others-agree
that life from the simplest cell, from
the loneliest plant to the highest form,
men, are what environment has made
them. To some extent of course we
shape our environment, but it smaeks
the enthusiasm of ballad reading
rather than the reasoning of a
student to speak of mental quail
ties that had to find expression" as
though they were above the material
and psychical surroundings of the
brain in which they developed. r. N.
frankly ignores psychology and pro-
ceeds to base his case solely on his
tory. He names some of his individual
heroes, first of all Columbus, as one
who piloted his own way. But only a
little study of the history of the four
teenth and fifteenth centuries shows
Columbus but voiced the general
awakening of his time. All real schol-
arly thinkers of his day agreed with
and encouraged him. 1t was only the
intellectual fossils and conservatives
of his time who, then as now, were
afraid of a new idea. Similarly it might
be shown of the other characters
named.
History was cited in regard to the
woman question to answer reflections
on her native ability, but those ques-
lions were discussed so ably by others
in this column that 1 refrain from say
ing more on the subject.
MRS. A. H. d.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

TIME burning of Count zeppelin's
airship, set on fire by a flash of
II lightning, offers an example of
the dangers that must always attend
aerial navigation. An airship in a
thunderstorm is peculiarly vulnerable
and most unlikely to escape. Even
when resting on the ground. as in the
present instance, it is an easy mark
for lightning. When sailing IN an at
mosphere saturated with electflcllS II
would almost infallibly be set on fire.
This is one of many dangers that
attend the airship and they are quite
sufficient to preclude its use for COM
mercial purposes, but they VIII not
stop the development OF the military
dirigible balloon. Germany is Tor the
present taking the lead in this pursuit,
and fhe creation of an aerial navy is
assured as a department of the GER
man military service. A dispatch from
Berlin saws that it is the purpose 10
construct eight dirigible balloons Tor
military purposes within the year.
These will be of various types, Tor eX-
perimental use, and at tne co ~ n1,iid
of the tests it is the intention to pullo
a fleet of thirty airships. Other conn-
tries will have to follow suit. Inc
experiments will include the dropping
of explosives, says the san Francisco
Call.
The United States is hot nesieSelll5
this depart ment of military science ana
ART. but ne Impression seems to pre-
vail thai the chief use of the balloons
will be for scouting purposes. Col.
Schriven of the signal corps 1nnlcates
some of the possibilities;
Colonel Schriven is of the OPINION
that balloon scouts may be enabled 10
get an almost complete Photographic
picture, showing Notifications ana the
distribution of forces by means OF the
telephoto, a new instrument with when
bv the use of an extra lens 1t is posi-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
SANTA MONICA WOMAN
SAYS SHE WANTS ANSWER

SANTA MONICA, Aug. IL Editor
Herald: On Saturday I sent to your
office for publication snort letter III
Ter. / did not see any reference to
same in your paper. Now l think one
subscriber is just as entitled to a near
ing as another. have on olner &c.
casions received the same treatment
at the hands Of your paper and l
know Of no reason except that you are
afraid to publish the woman's view Oh
/ said in my letter that men were
forever repeating the sentence like a
parrot, "Why don't the women stay at
home. why don't the woman stay ar az
homer" and yet their laws are such
that they forcibly pitch women on the
street as in the case Of poor Mrs, Fow-
Ter. / would also call the attention to
the fact that this treatment TO women
who have sold their liberty-notice the
'.Nfrs.''-should be warning to women
who are free. You rarely ind unmar-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

MIR. BRYAN'S timely statement on
H the subject OF 1.-THE Business
IN Man and the Masses" is a most
important contribution to the literature
of the canpaign-and this to an UMPIRE
cedented extent will be a campaign OF
literature. The Democratic candidate
for president replies conclusiveiy TO the
National Manufacturers" pamphlet, IN
which one Van Cleave begs American
business men to vote against the
Democracy Mr.. Van Cleave THINKS
"business mem should be alarmed by
the labor plank in the Democratic plat
form. But who is business mani?
Mr.. Van Cleave does not really mean
business man" He means man VINO
has a great deal of capital invested
from which he is getting returns. MI
Van Cleaye overlooks the fact that
every man engaged in business is a
business man, the writer as well as the
publisher the machinist as veil as the
manufacturer the wage Garner as well
as the manufacturer. People like MI
Van cleave are to a great extent re-
snonsibIe for the tendency of radicals
to sneak of exploiters and exploited.
Every man who works for money Is
business man. The negro slave was
not a business man. Anyone who WORKS
for nothing is not a business man.
"But." Mr.. Bryan writes, what is this
labor plank which is of such vital con-
Germ TO those for whom Mr.. Van Cleave
would speak? 1t asks that labor de-
partment be created, with cabinet
officer at its head. Does this OFFEND
the business men? Are the wage earn
ers presumptuous or ignorant in asking
for recognition in the presidents coun-
Gil chamber?
"Those known as wage earners con-
stitute a considerable percentage of the
population; is it unreasonable they
should have a special champion in the
cabinet to represent them in the dis
cussion of public questions? 1t was
some time before a department of agri-
culture was created; will anybody
doubt that the creation of this depart
ment was wise? Will anybody dispute
that this department has been of I'M
mense advantage to the farmers OF the
country? What reason have we to
doubt that a department of labor would
in like manner justify it's creation?"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
A Direct Primary Law WIZ
Smash Political Machines

be we'll for all OF us if the two could
bump together in mid-career and both
be dissipated in Vapor by the heat of
the impact, says the San Francisco
Chronicle.
In the opinion of the Chronicle, the
opinion of each machine by the other
is substantially correct. Both are be-
lieved to have been constructed for
private ends, and operated by precisely
similar methods for private purposes.
To the extent that the principal ma
chinists can control there can be no
doubt that this will be the case for the
future. The railroad machine is ope-
rated by the same men who have
always operated 1t and whom the
Chronicle has consistently opposed for
years. We opposed it in the last NUM-
cipal campaign, under the leadership
of Daniel A. Ryan, until he proved him.
self unworthy of trust, and subsequently
in opposition to Mr.. Ryan. We oppose
it still. We will help to defeat 1t to
the extent of our ability.
That we have no more confidence IN
the other machine makes no difference
whatever. We have great deal of con-
fidence in the determination of the
masses of the Republican party to NOM
mate and elect honest and capable men
to the legislature and the judicial
bench, and we believe it will be done
IN spite or the lntrigueS OF poln PAL Ties
of political machinists. There will be
many excellent citizens chosen as dele
gates to the Republican convention on
both machine tickets, who cannot be
controlled by and will not take orders
from any political dictator. And we be-
lieve the conventions will nominate
candidates whom all honest men can
cordially support And be believe
further that the legislature to be chosen
will give us direct primary law which
will smash these political machines and
all others in the state.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT
WITH F. j. HENEY's SPEECH

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9.-[Editor
Herald] Saturday night 7 attended
the meeting of the Lincoln Roosevelt
league at Simpson auditorium and was
greatly disappointed in Mr.. Heneys
speech. The unemployed and child la
bor-the two most important problems
before the American people-were not
mentioned, and Roosevelt's connection
with the Chicago-Alton deal was also
overlooked, but it may have been a
mere coincidence"
Another gentleman spoke of the ne
cessity of being thoroughly organized,
and as an Illustration described a squad
of policemen charging into and dis
persing a mob, but did not tell us
whether the mob was a gathering of
honest workingmen debating for high
er wages, or the peaceful assemblage
of captains of industry discussing the
cornering of wheat or cotton, establish
ing another great trust, installing some
new machinery to replace thousands of
workers or reduce their wages.
w s S,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
ENDORSES HERALD AS ONLY
DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN CITY

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10.-[Editor
Herald: AS member of the Ninth
Ward Bryan and Kern club, and one
who is deeply interested in the sue
cess of the Democratic party this fall,
1 ask every Democrat in Los Angeles
and vicinity who subscribes to a local
paper to let it be The Herald, as it
stands for Bryan's policies and is a
truthful paper for our cause.
Remember. the Los Angeles Exam
liner is NOT a Democratic paper, but a
sore head, and is trying to place the
wrong impression to the people of the
Democratic party. 1 also suggest that
every Bryan and Kern club adopt a
resolution, the same as the Ninth
Ward Bryan and Kern club, to insist
on all members securing The Herald in
place of the Examiner.
1 am sure all Democrats and their
friends will enjoy Inc reading much
better than any other morning paper.
JOHN p STYLES.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
A LOW FEE WOULD SOLVE
THE DIFFICULTIES OF DoGDoM

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11.--[Editor
Herald: While in some degree / SYM
pathize with Robert Saults idea that
dogs kept at home should not be
licensed, yet 1 see difficulty" in that
position. A dog might be kept at home
for the most part, yet would get out
sometimes, and then the line would be
hard to draw.
l think the best way would be to tax
all dogs, but make the fee low-say SO
cents or rs cents. Every one would
then pay UP, friction would be elm
mated. there would be no wholesale
slaughtering off of dogs, and the city
would withal make larger revenue,
which is what the council is after,
when all's said and done.
DOG LOVER
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
THINKS SALVATION ARMY
SHOULD USE SIDE STREETS

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11.--[Editor
Herald: In regard to the Salvation
lists, Volunteers and others speaking
l think the law as it has been put into
effect had far better stay the way that
1t is. The Salvationists hav no bet
ter right to monopolize the public thor
oughfare than the Mormons, the Spir-
itualists or any other organization.
The great majority of people going
down town in the evening for pleas
ure or business do not care to attend
prayer meetings of various kinds. Let
these people go on the side streets
I am as good Christian as anyone,
and always have been. but l believe
there is place for everything. Order
is heavens first law. The streets are
for business and traffic. and let it be
for that. q. p. r.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
DEGENERATION

HYSICAL degeneration caused by
overcrowding is responsible for
- decreased efficiency of the people
of England. Decreased efficiency is
the true explanation of England's many
defeats In the athletic field. 1t is sad
but true that radicals are the only
Englishmen who are taking the ma
tiona1 peril seriously and attempting to
do something to remedy existing condi-
lions before South Britain is overtaken
by ruin, a calamity which would in
volve many entirely innocent kindred
peoples and nations. As Mr.. Kennedy
explained to the readers OF the Sunday
Herald, the social problem in England
is pressing, urgent, insistent. 1t must
be settled or the English people will
become decadent. In the United States,
with the example of England before us
constantly for warning, for reproof and
for instruction in righteousness, we are
menaced by conditions which must in
evitably produce results like to those
which are marring the splendid histori-
cal record of the older country. In
dustrialism, properly used, is the life Of
a nation. Nothing is more splendid.
Nothing produces higher character.
But when industrialism ia improperly
used, when in the greed for gain the
value of the task is overlooked, and
men, women and children are robbed
of their individual Importance in the
national total, and are merely looked
-
money-making for some man or cor
poration--be assured the truth Of the
poets prophetic lines will be realized:
III fares the land. to hast ming Ills prey.
where wealth accumulates and men decay.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

ried women in such plight. They have
not been caught in the matrimonial
trap baited with protector" queen
of a man heart" "woman's sphere"
"woman's place the home and like rot.
They have bravely and cheerfully
shouldered the burden of life and are
able to help others as well as them
selves. Let some one explain what
men mean when they say women
should stay at home" and then make
and carry out laws that force her upon
the street to wander out through the
night until she falls starving in the
street. 1 want an answer.
NELLIE MARTIN.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
NHE greatest economic trust in the

TIME greatest economic trust in the
world has it's headquarters in the
Il palaces of Toxic. The Japanese
imperial household is the center around
which an amazing business. organiza-
ton revolves. The effects of the ap-
plication of trust methods to the part
nership between sovereign state, a
family of princes ruling by divine right,
and a certain clique of rich men are
being felt all over the east, says the
Oakland Enquirer.
These certain rich men, In associa-
tion with the ruling oligarchy, own
stock in nearly every large business
concern under the Japanese flag, and,
In many of them, control the majority
of the shares. For instance, the inn
perial household owns large cotton
Spinning mill. 1t also owns the big
steamship lines, and makes business
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
In Japan the Trusts Share
Their Loot with Government

for the Japanese merchant marine. The
essentially paternal government of
Japan, exercised by half dozen men,
will substitute anything on earth. If
the imperial household and other part
ners in the trust think there is chance
to make money, a business will be car
ried on as a private concern, but with
the government treasury held in re-
serve to help out any weak point with
a subsidy. This appears to be even an
Improvement upon the American trust
system. Although in this country the
trusts are not generous enough to take
the government into partnership on any
good thing, but the government is used
to sustain the monopoly while the
profits go into the pockets of the pri-
vate owners of the trust. In Japan, at
least, the government receives a share
of the spoils
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

Arizona is threatened by hostile In
dams. Yet eastern magazine writer's
from time to time tell us the indian
is dying out Owing to Tammany
Hall there 10 a prejudice against In
dams in some circles in Manhattan
But there are thousands of good In
dams and there is a large Indian pop
ulation in North and South America
The tender hearted white man has
neither managed to destroy poor Lo
nor to assimllate him benevolently.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
BELIEVES VOTERS SHOULD
UNITE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10.-[Editor
Herald: The reason why take any
interest in the "Open Letter. depart
ment of your very liberal paper is
this: 1 have for twenty-five years
been most strict party politician and
have in years gone by said that l
would vote my party ticket if Satan"
led, and for a long time l lived it,
basing my opinions on the. fact that
the two great parties were made up of
men both good and bad and pretty
equally divided as to morals, and that
man could find as good material in
his own party for leadership as he
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

President Roosevelt is vehemently
claiming responsibility for the order
discharging a battalion of negro sol
diers for alleged participation in the
Brownsville rioting. Taft should feel
proud of Roosevelt's Damon and Ply
thias friendship. However, we can
guess what Roosevelt would have said
IL a Democrat had tried to shield an
other Democrat under like circum-
stances.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

California National Guard marks
men are determined to win at the
Camp Ferry shoot in Ohio. Many good
citizens do not approve shooting, but
since 1t is reasonably certain that the
millennial dawn won't come tomorrow
and as there is no sign of the lion iy-
ing down with the lamb and since
some thoughtless foreigner might try
to make a target of the United States,
1t Is as well that our boys If called
on to shoot back. should know how to
shoot straight.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

And why should not barber shops
be inspected? 1t is wonder this was
not thought of long ago. The inspec-
ton is needed as a protection to the
public and to the better class of shops
as well. AS long as insanitary shops
are in operation it is difficult to keep
any shop hygienically clean.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
Harmless Vanity

Twas ever thus with the yellow"
fellows. always blowing their own
horns in their own cheap way They
make a big noise like the big bass
drum--hollow inside and most all skin,
thick at that. Nauseatinr to some, we
know, but it pleases their vanity and
does no particular harm.-Fullerton
News.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

United States senators say they are
afraid their august body may be in
fected by radicalism. 1t is about time
1t was infected by something lively.
Popular election of senators might be
healthy infection.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

Unlicensed dentists and all other
free lances" who practice on the pub
lie and receive money in return for
what they call services rendered are
no better than the commonest faker
who secures money under false pre-
lenses. We are glad to see the Off
Gals are wedding out some of the pre-
tenders.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

The urinary law was meant to
thwart bossism and intriguing political
skuIduddery. 1t will be too bad If you
allow bosses, intriguing politicians and
an INSCRIPTIONS railroad power to
thwart the primaries.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
Chinese Joke

Mr.. WI made speech in Washing
ton a few days ago in praise ofAwalk-
ing as the best exercise in the world.
Then he Ieisurely boarded a street
car and rode to the Chinese legation.
Mr.. WI is a born humorist.-Long
Reach Telegram
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
VIII Be Spanked

Hearst has long been an enigma,
but. is at last beginning to be under
stood He is the spoiled child in
American political life. Unless he can
be 1T in the game political all the
time he won't play.-Modesto News.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
The ublic Letter Box

Many interesting letters have been re-
ceived which are so lengthy that two or
three would fill the allotted space. Con-
tributors are requested 70 observe the zoo
word rule.-IEd. Herald.l
Letters intended for publication must be
accompanied by the name and address OF
the writer. The Herald gives the widest
latitude to correspondents. but assumes no
responsibility for their views. Letters
should not exceed 200 words
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
TImId "Dianity"

Mr.. Bryan is going to make speeches
in all the large cities of the country
during the campaign. There is no OBJ
lection to Taft's following the Me-
braskan in this as in other matters.
In fact, for purposes of comparison, it
would be a good thing for the people
of the country at large. Perhaps the
dignity of the Republican candidate
will be pleaded to excuse him.--Salt
Lake Herald,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
Yellow Attacks

The San Francisco Examiner has at
tackled both Heney and Langdon and
is doing all in its power to cast some
sort of reflection upon the character
and integrity of the two men, espe-
ciallv Heney. 1t is more of an honor
than otherwise for any public man in
this state to have the Examiner ar
rayed against him.-Tulare Advance.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
Evidence
win Beat Him in Votes

1t can be expected that Candidate
Bryan will profit by Candidate Taft's
long drawn out acceptance. On the
other hand he may want to beat him
in acceptance writing as he beat him
in MISUNDERSTANDING Plain Dealer.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
State Press Echoes
Crawl for Pole

The dash for the pole" as the lat
est descriptions term the Arctic ex-
peditipns, is quite a misnomer. It's a
crawl and not a run. The steady work
of the tortoise, rather than the leaps
of the rabbit-Oakland Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
Consolation

Kansas is a progressive state. Re-
Gently a farmer was arrested for dis
turbing his neighbours horse by toot-
ing motor pillow. Well, there's COM
fort in the fact that there will be no
horses in twenty years.-Sacramento
Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
ConsIderate

A good housewife never opens the
condensed milk can with her husband
razor, nor will a loving husband curry
the horse with the nutmeg CRATER
San Pedro Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

Automobile accidents are sometimes
unavoidable. But automobilists owe
i to themselves to insist on rigid in
vestigation of every case where 1t is
believed accident might have been
avoided.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12

America expects every good citizen
this day will do his duty.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-12
Political Points
Labor in Cabinet

Bryan says he wants to see cabi-
net member from among the wage
earners sitting at the presidents ta-
BILE, sharing in the deliberations, and
speaking forth there on those questions
in which labor has a special interest.
Oklahoma City Times.
-
He VIII
Mr. Bryan has made arrangements
to be elected by carrying the solid
west.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Evidence
From the fact that Mr.. Taft thought
1t necessary to explain, elucidate, ex-
pand and even apologize for his plat
form, his very long speech may be
accepted as evidence of his belief that
his platform needed strengthening
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.