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Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
TARIFF REFORM

Ut is not at all reasonable to believe
the work of tariff reform may be
a intrusted safely to the party
which is under heavy obligations to
the highly protected interests. What
ever may be said on the subject OF
campaign contributions, whatever pro-
testations may be made by the excel
lent Judge Taft and others as to the
present mood of the Republican party
with regard to tainted money, there is
not any reasonable doubt that the Re
publican party is indebted to the pro-
tected interests, while it Is equally GER
tain the Democratic party Is not un-
der obligations to them, will not be
under obligations to them, and is free
to deal with them in conscientious
and patriotic manner, which will bring
about the greatest good for the great
est number of citizens.
Moreover, the Republican party is
not sincere in it's tariff revision declara-
tions. A comparison of the Republican
with the Democratic platform on this
point is remarkably disadvantageous
to the Republican platform. I'm all
tariff legislation" says the Republican
platform, ''the true principle of pro-
lection is best maintained by the i'm
position of such duties as will equal
the difference between the cost of pro-
duction at home and abroad, together
with reasonable profit to American
industries" The general idea conveyed
by the Republican platform is one OF
adroit inaction. The plank In some
respects is shrewdly worded, but the
fact it is meant to be adroit is not hid
den or disguised with sufficient cum
ming. sArt is to conceal art" Repub-
licans have not the art of concealing
artifice. How refreshingly direct and
how suggestive of prompt, honest AC-
TION is the Democratic utterance:
1--WE call attention to the significant
fact that the promised tariff relief was
uostponed until after the coming etec-
tion-an election to succeed in which
the Republican party must have the
same support from the benefciaries of
high protective tariff as it has always
heretofore received from them. and to
the further fact that during years of
uninterrupted power, no action what
ever has been taken by the Repub-
lican congress to correct the admitted
ly existing tariff iniquities. We favor
immediate revision of the tariff by the
reduction of import duties. ARTICLES
ENTERING INTO COMPETITION
WITH UST-CONTROLLED PRO
DUCTS SHOULD BE PLACED UPON
THE FREE LIST, and material re-
auctions should be made in the tariff
upon the necessities of life, especially
upon articles competing with such
American manufactures as are sold
abroad more cheaply than at home, and
graduate reductions should be made
in such other schedules as may be
necessary to restore the tariff to rev.
enue basis. Existing duties have given
the manufacturers of paper shelter
behind which they have organized
combinations to raise the price of pulp
and paper, thus imposing a tax upon
the spread Of knowledge. We demand
the IMMEDIATE repeal of the tariff
on wood pulp. print paper, lumber,
timber and logs. and that these articles
be placed upon the free list"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
Socialists Are Optin1iStS
and Believe i'm Humanity

is scarcely discreditable not to share
1t. 1t is better to face the fact that
just government and human happi-
ness are not so much matters of gov
ernmental mechanism, of system God
given or man-evolyed, as they are of
the spirit and intelligence brought to the
operation of any system whatsoever.
There are the most generous possi-
bilities at the disposal of an abso-
lutte despot; there are the most malign
possibilities in the freest democracy.
Laws and forms are never funda-
mental causes; they are more or less
imperfect expressions, says the Home
Magazine.
A perfect system will be possible of
perfect operation only at that future
period of human development When
no system at all is any longer ne
cessity. The only perfect democracy
possible is one of wnich each mem
her is an ariStOcrat.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
BELIEVES PROPERTY HOLDERS
ONLY SHOULD HAVE VOTES

PASADENA. Aug. 4--TEditor Her
adj: One word to say how much
approve of M T. of San Pedro in the
contention that the franchise should
only extend to taxpayers. take 1t
that M. T. means no one but property
holders should be allowed to vote. Let
us ignore the contention that consum-
ers pay the taxes. If we can but adopt
a system of graded franchise and allow
so many votes per thousand dollars IN
property owned by the voter we VIII
quickly silence the noisy agitators.
The educational test would also help
in this direction, for under that sys-
tenn in one more generation those who
deserve to manage affairs in this eoun-
try would be firmly seated in power.
A GENTLEMAN.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

TyHE Oakland Tribune pays SEN
ator Perkins the following high
"A compliment:
Denomination of the record shows
that he has steadfastly supported the
Roosevelt administration from start TO
finish"
That will have to be classed under
the head interesting If true. Let
us look at the record" a little, says
the Riverside Press.
Just about the time congress met
a wear ago last fall, Senator Per-
kins sent out to a large number of
papers in California a letter stating
that he had arranged with a friend
to furnish some Washington corre-
spondence to California papers during
the session of congress; that the let
ters would be sent without expense
to the papers, and that he trusted
the matter would prove o| interest.
Soon after this the letters began to
come, sent out under the frank of
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

MT OF TO BE outdone by Japan,
~ China has appropriated a total
~ of 100000 for the entertainment
of the American battleship fleet. which
is expected to arrive at Annoy the
latter part of October. The program
includes banquets to the officers and
men, who will be entertained in two
big parties, says the San Diego Union:
Three thousand American sailors and
marines will be dined at one time.
They will be given souvenirs OF thelr
visits and there will be series of
sports on shore and continuous per-
fornances in the theaters. This is al
most as extensive a program of greet
ing and festivity as any that was pre-
sented even in the Pacific coast ports
which the fleet visited. 1t Is unfortu-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

are willing to work. but they demand.
white mems wages. So short-sighted
are some of the employing capitalists
of the mining and manufacturing dis
tricts Of the east that when they can
not get cheap southern Europeans
they still persist in refusing to pay
the wages demanded by white adults,
and whenever they can dodge a law,
or whenever the state has failed to
legislate explicitly on the subject, they
hire school children to do the work
of men and pay them less than Chi
nese wagesi
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
ASKS WHY CORNER LOTS ARE
VACANT AND ALSO UNSIGHTLN

MONROvIA, Aug. 4.-[Editor Her
add, A friend in Los Angeles volun-
teered to show me around your al
most beautiful city. In one part of
the residence district every corner lot
was covered with dry weeds and real
estate signs. asked my host why
this was and he was unable to an
swer.
It seemed like an awful Disagreement
of otherwise magnificent streets. WV
someone tell me why?
EASTERNER
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

A LII Socialists are optimists. They
"a resolutely believe that if man
"A kind as it exists today We're to
be put into possession of some alb
solutely perfect political and econom-
ic system, mankind would be capable
of operating that system as 1t was
intended to be operated would be
equal to the task of preserving 1t and
handing it on to the next generation
intact Sometimes it is a theory OF
ownership which is advocated; some
times a theory of taxation; some
there is always present in the So
cialist, of whatever sort the belief
that if God permitted man to grasp
a perfect system man is large enough
and wise enough to benefit by it to
the elimination of human misery; to
preserve 1t in its perfection unper-
yerted and uncorrupted. This belief
does them credit in way. But IL
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

people-and by no means the de
bauched and ignorant" class, as she
implies it would.
There is one class of women more
than any other who needs the ballot
for her own protection, and that is the
working class The working woman is
now Disseminated against in wages,
in hours Of labor and in too many in
stances improper conditions under
which she works. With the ballot in
her hands she would have a weapon
with which to utter her protest, to de-
fend her rights, to demand more equit-
able consideration. M. e. G.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
Political Points
viii Support Bryan

Ten Of the twenty-one men who were
members of President Cleveland's two
ca binets survive. They are William f.
Villas, Richard Olney, Judson Harmon,
Charles S. Fairchild, David r. Fran
els, Don NJ. Dickinson, John @. Car
Isle, Hoke Smith, Hilary A. Herbert
and Norman j. Colman. So far as
heard from these former cabinet Off
GERS are enthusiastically supporting
Mr.. Bryan for president. - Buffalo
Times
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

Senator Allison had notable and
admirable career, yet he died dis
appointed man, with the ambition of
his life unsatisfied Thrice he refused
cabinet offices because he believed he
would have better chance to be nom
mated for president if he remained
in the senate. But the Mckinley boom
in lilo and the rise of Roosevelt in
New York shattered his hopes. He
was the dean of the senate and typ
ical and old-fashioned American.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
National Conventions

Hon. Champ Clark Of Missouri is
going around protesting that national
conventions have become unruly and
demanding that they be cut down to a
limit of $500 for delegates, newspaper
men and spectators combined. Why
have that many? Mr.. Clark has ex-
pressed himself very well satisfied
with all that was done at Fairyiew.-
Denver Republican.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
AGREES WITH FRANCES WILLARD
POVERTY CAUSES DRUNKENNESS

LOS ANGELES, Aug. s.-[Editor
Herald: M. #. OF San Pedro makes
some statements in her letter of today
to which I wish to reply.
She says: "Nine-tenths OF the crime
and misery in the world are caused by
liquor" Frances E. Willard. who
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

New York surgeons are making
great cackle over the fact a brainless
child lived for two days. Brainless men
have been known to live for years, and
years, and years. Why get excited over
the poor little baby?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

A little revolution was arranged in
Bosnia, but somebody sieved and the
Austrian authorities have rounded up
the editors and politicians and sent
most of them to jail This will neces-
state a postponement of the revo-
luton.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

All lovers of the drama will be sorry
to hear of the death of Bronson How
ard, author of Shenandoah and
many other popular plays which were
distinctively American. There ought
to be encouragement to American play
wrights in the fact that Howard's
plays were as popular in London as in
the United States!
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

An airship circled the tower of a
Strasburg church. But no one con-
nected with the church made any at
tempt to have the aeronaut burned for
witchcraft. World do move!
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

city Auditor Mushet says the budget
for the present municipal fiscal year
must be cut $1.645, 1881. We are en-
titled to wonder what particular kind
of extravaganza is indicated by the odd
penny.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
YelIowest journalism

Hearst's newspaper batteries are
shotted with missiles against Bryan
that will not smell like eau de cologne.
The keynote of his conversation was
ITO h-n with Bryan!'-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
Not Holy Rollers

William H Taft has been made a
member of the Steam Shovelers' union,
according to the Associated Press. This
may be an error Perhaps it was the
Steam Rollers union.-Seattle Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
Trumpet for Band

Wednesday evenings concert by the
Cotton Citizens band was a revelation
to the hundreds of people who gathered
to hear the music. The band shows
constant improvement and is the
envy of neighboring towns. = Cotton
Chronicle.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
State Press Echoes
Dull Times

The Honduras revolution is ended.
AS they do not have baseball in Hon
duras the natives will now have moth
ing to do during the long summer even
ings but read the REPRESENTATIVES,
News.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
Uncle Joe

Mr.. Taft declines the gift of real
live elephant. Though hardly in the
capacity of mascot, Uncle Joe Cannon
is likely to serve very we'll throughout
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
Anvil Chorus

Notwithstanding the heated term the
political pot locally is "bilin." Each up
train brings candidate and each can
didate brings along his hammer. 1t is
excellent pastime for the visiting pub
lic.-BraWley News
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05

President Roosevelt will wear Los
Angeles helmet to keep of the African
mosquitoes We hope tle manufac-
turer has not omitted made in Los
Angeles" label.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
JOHN w. KERN

Herald subscribers intending to leave the
city for the summer months kindly notify
the circulation department, and we Will
send The Herald to your new address ana
change the address as often as desired.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
Good

AS things look now it is doubtful
whether William Randolph Hearst
will consent to become even broth
err to Mr.. Bryan.-Kansas City Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
The ublic Letter Box

Letters intended for publication must pc
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., 1908-08-05
Piscatory

without being unduly credulous, the
Star looks upon some of these hsn
stories that come from Avalon as
rather yellow tales.-Pasadena Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-05
Drunken Truth

The Republicans sober truth has
rather titubant tootsy-w y-wootsies-that is
to saw. 1t stumbles.-Fresno Mirror.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-02
FRANCHISE GIVEN
BY COUNCIL NOT
VALID, COURT SAYS
Decision in Case of Newark
Block Lighting Co. Places
Power With Board of Works.

The franchise Of the Newark Block
Lighting Company to lay wires along
Market and Mulberry streets, between
Broad street and the Pennsylvania
depot, was yesterday declared invalid
by the Supreme Court at Trenton, be-
cause the franchise was granted by the
Common Council of the city, instead of
by the Board of Works.
Application for the franchise, which
was made a year 6 by James M.
Seymour, jr.. president of the Block
Lighting Company, was presented to
the Common Council who granted It,
passing the ordinance giving its per-
mission to the company to lay
wires, under a suspension of
the rules, to third reading at
once. The technical objection was also
raised by Frank Bergen, of counsel to
the Public Service Corporation, that
the ordinance had not been passed
from reading to reading, as required by
law.
The decision also settles the mooted
question as to whether the Board OF
Works or.the Common Council has con-
troll Of the regulation Of the streets and
highways.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-02
MACCABEES MEET
AND MAKE PLANS
FOR FIELD WORK
Prominent Lodge Officers Enter
tanned Here by State COM
mander A. w. Frye.

Many officers high in the councils OF
the Knights of the Maccabees of the
World were present at a conference
held at the Continental Hotel yester-
day. The meeting was held on the In
vitation of State Commander A. w.
Frye, of 9 North Seventh street, for
the purpose of discussing methods and
plans to be used by field men In their
work. After the conference the Mac
cabees were entertained at dinner by
Mr.. Frye at his house.
Among the leaders present were d.
P. Marley, of Detroit, Mich, supreme
commander of the order; Professor G.
G. Showalter, of Parkersburg, w. Va.
supreme first master of the guards; s
c. c. Ward, Of Augusta, Me-, supreme
picket; ID. w. Gall. of Washington,
D. c., supreme deputy; l.. K. Man
gum, of Baltimore, Maryland State
commander; j. e. Turner, of Raleigh,
N. c.. State commander; George H.
Terpany, of Providence, r. l., supreme
deputy: j. r. Meader, Of Concord
State commander of New Hampshire;
H. r. Gross. of St. Johnsbury, State
commander of Vermont. and J. A. Wit
taker, supreme deputy, of Montreal
Quebec.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-02
ELIZABETH TO (
ASK FOR BRIDGE
ACROSS SOUND
Board of Trade Committee to
Urge Action on Interstate
Commission.

ELIZABETH, Dec. 2.-In preparation
for a meeting of the New York and
New Jersey Bridge Commission in New
York on Thursday, a committee of the
local Board of Trade met yesterday to
formulate a plan Of action.
The project contemplates the con-
struction of a span from Elizabethport
to Staten Island over the Staten ISL
and sound.
The plan Is a link in the chain of
roads which Governor Fort advocates
along the Jersey coast.
The only way to reach New Jersey
from Manhattan at the present time to
avoid the unsatisfactory passage across
the Staten Island ferry at Elizabeth
port is by way of Jersey City and
Newark. This is not direct, especially
If the sea coast is the destination in
view. A bridge across the sound where
now the Staten Island Elizabethport
ferry operates Is the only means OF
crossing that would be of great ad-
vantage, 1t is argued, to New York
men.
These arguments will be presented
by President Halsey, of the Board of
Trade. and James MacMaster and Jo-
seph McManus will tell of the plan to
extend First street, Elizabeth, from the
point where the bridge Is desired along
the sound to make a direct connection
with Perth Amboy and the other coast
cities.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-02
DIR. W|TTE WANTS
LAW TO ASSURE
GOOD SURGEONS
Should Practise Medicine Five
Years, Assist in Operations
Three Years, He Says.

TRENTON, Dec. 2.-Lcgislation~ to
protect the public from incompetent
surgeons is recommended by DR.. e. B.
Witte, of this city, in an article In the
Medical Advance, one of the leading
publications for physicians in the
country.
Dr.. Witte, who has a. State name
as a physician and surgeon. bases his
statements on personal observation in
this country and Germany. Taking as
his subject, Conservatism in Surgery
he says: "Some men engage In sur
gerry because of brilliant successes to
be attained, opportunity to benefit fell
.lowmen, or financial reward. But COM
mercialism and professional reputation
should be thrust one side, and only
the welfare Of the patient considered.
A mar may err in prescribing medi-
cine, but IL he errs In his surgical pre-
scription or surgical methods, he has
nothing at his command to restore the
normal continuity Of the severed parts.
MANY instances might be cited, but
they only add to the humiliation of
the whole profession. These are the
things hat disturb the confidence Of
the people, lower the standard and
dignity of the noble calling, and weaken
the foundations of the Temple OF
Aesculapius.
There should be law enacted regu-
lating the practise of surgery. No man
should be allowed to assume the re-
sponsibility of a serious operation until
he has practised medicine five years,
beer the assistant to a reputable sur
geon for at least three years. and
passed a special examination before a
board Of recognized surgeons.
'If 1t is incumbent upon lawyers to
have ~practised three years and pass
a special examination before the Su-
preme Court before they may present
the petty grievances Of men to a
higher tribunal. how much more i'm
portant that the surgeons qualifica-
lions have h stamp Of approval be-
fore he is allowed to jeopardize life,
sacrifice health or unlock with his
scalpel the sacred portals of the living
soul"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-02
JERSEY AUTO|STS
ASK FOR SPEED
LAW REVISION
Opposed to Whirlwind Reckless
Driving and Disastrous
"Joy' Rides.
MORE REGULATION ON
RATE OF TRAVEL
Should Be Fixed According to
Locality, and Not in
General Way.

whirlwind night driving, commonly
dubbed 10y rides" and reckless disre-
gard of the public safety by irresponsi-
BILE automobile owners and chauffeurs
in New Jersey must stop.
This Is the decision that has been
reached by respectable and responsible
autoists In Newark and vicinity. and
which, according to statements by men
prominent in the New Jersey autono-
bile world. will soon result in some
action to revise the speed laws and the
purloining of automobiles from garages
by chauffeurs to take their friends out
on pleasure trips at night without the
knowledge of the auto owners.
Newarkers seen on this subject de-
clare that In their opinions the present
New Jersey speed laws are In many
ways open for revision. They say that
the speed limit should be regulated
more with a view rather to the locality
than by any set maximum speed. This
would do away with the evils of Excess
sively fast driving and at the same time
afford the autoists a reasonable lati-
tude.
Joy rides" and the coWardly actions
Of autoists and chauffeurs. who refuse
to stop after they have run someone
down. give their aid to the injured par
ties and stand for the damage which
they have done. are the special objects
of the wrath of the self-respecting au-
tomobilists.
"These two evils are the most crying
of the present time, SO far as automo-
bile speeding goes" said n prominent
Newarker today. Some method must
be discovered by h garage men to
prevent chauffeurs taking autos out at
night without the knowledge of the
owners. and the law must infiict its
severest penalty on those who refuse
to stop after they have run a person
down. Unless some action is taken in
these directions shortly by New Jersey
men, 1 miss my guess. We have a
too many fragrant instances Of this
kind recently"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-02
WHITMORE ARRESTED,
FINED SIS IN COURT,
Man, Acquitted of Wife, Staying
Gave False Name.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Theodore Whit
more, recently acquitted in Jersey City
on a charge of murdering his wife, was
fined SIS yesterday or a charge OF dis
orderly conduct in the Tombs Police
Court by Magistrate steinert.
more, when arrested. gave his name as
Harry Allen" and his address as l6S
Eighth e
us your name whitmore?" Magis-
trate Steinert asked.
at is" replied ALLEN"
"Why did you say your name was
Allen?' demanded the magistrate.
..Well. I didn't want people to know
I was arrested again so soon," said
Whitmore.
The mon paid their fnes,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-02
PRICE, S1.OO PER BOTTLE
MANY ~MERRY-MAKERS AT
COUNTRY BARN DANCE.

There was a large attendance OF
mefry-makers at the Harrigan Social
Club charity barn dance at st. Johns
School Hall. in Mulberry street. last
night. The grand march was led by
Miss Edith Gould and Joseph McCrud-
an. The committee in charge of'the
arrangements was composed of Joseph
McCradden. chairman; Mrs. Christie
phsr McEnroe, Mrs. Charles Lounds-
hury, Mrs. Henry McEnroe, Mrs.
Charles Bauers, Miss Catherine Nc
Enroe. John Leonard and Eugene
tAosy.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-02
GIRL STRUCK BY TROLLEY
IMPROVING AT HOSPITAL.
Taken to institution by Couple
in Auto.

Grace Luntz. 4 years old, OF TO South
Fifteenth street, is in the City Hos
pital today suffering from injuries re-
ceived yesterday when she was struck
and run over by a Springfield avenue
trolley a near her home. The little
girl was taken to the hospital in ar
automobile which happened along Just
after the accident. The young man
at the wheel leaped from h machine
and handed the girl to his woman COM
panion, who was sitting in the ton
eau They gave no name at h In
~stitution.
Grace is reported to be improving to-
day.