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Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
Declares Courts Ruling
Is I raVeStY OH Justice

and corner of the municipality. Union
labor had triumphed and it claimed the
customary reward for it's victories. The
fiddler candidate for mayor was elected
and Ruef, the master. mind of all the
corruptionists moved him as a pawn
upon the board Schmitz profted by the
Vaccinations of Ruef. Schmitz was as
dishonest as Ruef, but he had not his
ability to extort money. 1t was Ruef
who made the arrangements and took the
cash, while Schmitz granted immunity,
extended ciemency and shared the loot,
The court has now ruled that neither
Schmitz nor Ruef is guilty of extortion,
and the whole case is reopened. 5chmitz
had already begun his term in prison and
Ruef was under Indictment and awaited
trial on several counts. This is case
wherein everybody knows the prisoners
are guilty, yet the resourceful court finds
a way of evading Justice.N Both Schmitz
and Ruef pleaded guilty to the charges
of extortion, but the court says this was
no crime. 1t is such instances as this
that does so much injury to the cause
of justice and decency In this country
Kansas City Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
A DRY LOS ANGELES

A REQUEST of the local w. C. T. u.
"a that no liquor be sold in Los An
IA geles during the visit of the crews
of the battleship fleet is what the unre-
generate call "a corker," and will keep
the members of the entertainment conf
mittee awake o. nights for some time
to come.
The forceful men of Los Angeles have
frequently done things thought to be
impossible. ard have successfully
spanned many a yawning legal gulf in
their pursuit of metropolitan perfection,
Just how they can take the vitality
out of national, county and city licenses
for two weeks and resurrect it again is
hazy, not to say a ''hot," proposition.
Admiral Evans is gentleman by
breeding, though incrusted with the
rough exterior common to seamen, but
the man who offers him glass of
sterilized buttermilk in which he, the
admiral, is to drink the health of the
president, would better plug his ears
before he does so.
In the case of the men who come up
to the city looking for the far famed
Los Angeles paint" and are led to the
public fountains. it will require all the
ambulances in town to care for the
wounded.
Secretary of the Navy Long did stop
the sale of intoxicants ON government
reservations over which he had control.
but the entertainment committee has
no control over Los Angeles and cam
not, no matter how much it may be
regretted, copy his action.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
PROPHETIC WORDS

N OvERNOR JOHNSON of Mime
T sofa goes on record as follows;
N 1.-The farming of taxes in France
before the revolution was no more
Ubiquitous than is our present tariff
system; 1908 will be a memorable year
for the struggle of equal rights and
American ideals; the year win see tariff
reform accomplished or well under way,
for If the present congress does not at
the present session make substantial
reductions the people in November will
elect those pledged so to do"
The truly optimistic chord in this
pronuneiamento finds response in the
hearts of millions of men today, and
serves the excellent purpose of unifying
evil of tariff taxation.
The French revolution-the bloodiest
of all in the history of internecine wars
was largely the result of oppressive
taxation, and though greater in magni-
tude was. in principle, no worse than
the present tariff taxation. AS result
the struggle is on between the people
and the Republican machine in con-
gress, and though the present congress
may delay relief. the people will mend
matters at the polls this fall and indorse
these prophetic utterances of Governor
johnson.
The question of existing oppressive
tariff laws has been thoroughly sifted
out in the press, and all the people
know the various phases of its iniqui-
tous power. 1t remains to them to
unity effort and to cover local elections
to the end that only men of sworn
fidelity to the people and hostility to
corporate power shall hold seats in the
next congress.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
Emperor OF Germany
Praises English Magazines

ing room where the best English papers
may be found and that there are hun
dreds of German castles where one may
find only one German periodical"
Prof. Eduard Engel. commenting in the
Berliner Tageblatt on the recent action
of the Berlin school authorities in raising
the study of English in the high school
from the elective to the compulsory list,
says that the resolution by which Eng
lish is advanced and French placed on
the elective list should have been adopt
ed many years ago. "They have DONE"
he says, what would have resulted a
generation ago had they paid heed to
the motto. BE educated for life, not for
school, With what right did we until
now make French a compulsory study
and English elective, as we do Hebrew
for those who intend to study theology?"
He states at length the advantages of
English over French and says that for
better mutual acquaintance the Ian
guage is the most potent factor, and by
compelling the students in the higher
classes to study English the school au-
thorities place an important stone in the
foundation Of the temple of universal
peace"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

fs=s======1 BRANCH of the Steel trust
I8gM ri has been selling bars for tin
IM y III plates in Wales for $11.S0 a ton
I'M 81 vi less than in the United States.
ln1 ~ MI This discrimination against
lkElkszkAA American manufacturers and
consumers of tinplate could
not be accomplished, of course, without
the protective tariff. AS evidence of the
way the thing works, the exports of tin
plate in the ten months ended October 81
amounted to the value of 1924, 121. On the
other hand the importatlon5 of tinplate in
the ten months amounted to the value of
81, 02567S. But on this imported tinplate,
which Is exported again as the covering
of meats, fish, fruits, oil and other
articles, there is a drawback of the duty.
This drawback is in the interest of free
commerce, and the chief benefit of 1t
flows to foreign consumers In this, as
in every other feature of the iniquitous
tariff, American consumers must pay the
duty not merely on all the tinplate i'm
ported for their use, but an equivalent
of the duty on all the domestic tinplate
they require. The eXorbitancy of this
tax, amounting to SIS a ton, or upward
of 80 per cent, is seen by the price of the
recent expectations of tinplate to Wales.
In presence of This and all the rest of
the long catalogue of tariff iniquities and
spoiliations It will not do for the Demo-
Gratis TO merely put tariff reform plank
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
THE EXILE

What care l for the lees of life
When l have drunk the wine?
How should take the grass to wife,
When sweet Red Rose is miner
Or, having danced the saraband
Within the palace gate,
And bent above the young queens hand
In stolen tete-a-tete,
How should 1 stoop to meaner joy,
Carousing at the inn
A barmaid for my vulgar toy,
A heartache for my sin?
Nay-standing at the palace gate,
As any beggar might,
I'll sing my love song as / wait
Into the lonely night.
Perchance an echo Of my voice
May find It's way within,
And help her to some queenly choice
Where else doubt had been.
While In some lull OF music there,
memory may rise
OF kisses on her royal hair.
And Loves lost Paradise.
Frederick Truesdell in Appietons.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

A Massachusetts, man has invented a
bomb for use in warfare by which, he
declares, he can put an entire army to
sleep, then disarm the soldiers at lei
sure This reminds one of the advice
of an eminent Chinese philosopher at
the outbreak of the Chino-Jap war
When told the "dwarfs from the east"
were using gunpowder to throw pro-
jectiles the wise man, after profound
meditation, evolved the following plan:
The Chinese soldiers were to be sta
toned on hillsides, each to carry a pail
of water and a bamboo pole. When
the Japanese appeared the Chinese were
20 run down the hill, thrust the pole
betwixt the legs of their enemies, over
throw them, then dash the water from
the pals ION them, thus wetting the
powder and leaving the Japanese at
the mercy of their conquerors. The
Massachusetts mans full plans are a
secret. Let us hope he is humane
enough to furnish pneumatic pillows
and alarm clocks with his somnolence
dispensing bombs.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
CHARTER COMMISSION

PRACTICALLY the first real step in
the march of the work of the
= charter revision commission was
taken Friday. when the committees on
temporary organization and ways and
means were appointed. The gentlemen
chosen are representative of the best
business and mental forces in Los An
geles. and their choice meets popular
approval.
This step. however marks but the
outfield boundary line of the arena of
action-the goal is away at the other
end and many months must pass before
it can be reached, The clashing infu-
enees of foul play must be met and
checked; popular demand must meet
and overcome intrenched corporate
schemes; methods of today must give
way to demands of twenty-five years
hence; fads and foibles must be met
and combated, and. step by step. the
line of advance must be cleared for
the recording of the real will of the
majority of the voters.
1t is a task to try the mettle of the
staunchest hearts, and it should be the
privilege-as it is the unquestioned
duty--of all men, of all parties, to lend
of sympathy and counsel to the CON-
mission, in order that the best results
may come from their labors. This
covert sneer and loud mouthed rant
must be met and endured for the peo-
Plies sake, and the guerrilla tactics OF
interests opposed to the popular will
must be met in kind. Falsehood and
detraction will play their usual parts
but the strong men who compose the
commission will always bear in mind
that the intelligent voter-and he IL
in great majority in Los Angeles
knows the truth that
A lie that is all a lie
Can be met with and fought outright;
But lie that is half lie
Is difficult matter to fight,
And will support them in every right
eous effort to embody the will of the
majority in the new charter.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

In his speech before the City club
yesterday Joseph Call hit the nail on
the head when he said:
ut is we'll known that the state of
California at the present time is a
mere agency of the Southern Pacific,
and no one either believes or pretends
to believe that the present representa-
tives of this state in congress will
attempt to secure the construction of a
government channel through the lands
held by the present monopoly but the
greater danger will be that with the
present members of this state in the
senate and house they will attempt to
establish harbor lines within the lands
of the Southern Pacific with the view
to preventing the construction of any
such channel
And he drove the nail home when he
added:
IF such dangerous and menaeing
legislation were enacted, 1t might take
years to undo the wrong. II, however,
such legislation can be prevented and
the recommendations of the United
States engineers Endorsed by congress,
the channels referred to might soon be
extended half way to the business dis
trict of Los Angeles city and this city
thus be made one of the greatest sea-
ports in the world"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

ami. let the pullet absorb the flavor of
the lamb and bacon. Have you curry,
Francois? OF course. Now about the
mint?"
Waiter signs deeply, but is silent.
"Maintenant, to cook the bird. Let
us get down to the fine part. Tell the
chef de cuisine to take a pint of old
Scotch whisky
Waiter starts violently, but settles
down with the same sad, far away look.
do 1 surprise you, garcon? Soyez
tranquille. Now for the bird. You
have the Scotch? That's good. Good
old Scotch? Now add a pint of Sau-
terne, four dashes of sparkling Bur-
gundy and a pint of the best port in
California, vim pas trop de liqueurs.
Get the proper blend or all is ruined
Gareon leans heavily against wall.
"Alors. Now cook the bird in the
steam arising from the boiling liqueur"
Waiter eazes sadly at diner, but re-
mains silent.
"Fromage de Brie ct Cafe Noir.
That's ALL Francois. You may CO."
Waiter turns toward door at rear
and bawls:
Pipe de gink from the BOBBY hatch.
Gimme beef stew and draw one.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
GOLD

In place where the glare of the madding tore
Through the air till it writhed with the travail it bore
Where the red bistered earth cried aloud in its pain
And with hot cracking lips called to heaven in vain
Where the womb of creation was sterile and dread
AS a she-nummy lying thousand years dead,
Where the wind through the branches of
trees
Nor the flowers bushed red the kiss of the breeze
Where the blind spawn of serpents gat but to die
And winged thing on carrion search fouls the sky,
A gibbering husk twenty million years old,
Shattered and tattered and battered and torn
His eyes blind of sight and his reason spark gone
AS naked and helpless when he was born
Tumbed and stumbled and fumbled and fell
On rock, where the sun, with the humor of hell,
Smote the raw bleeding edge of fabulous ledge
Of Gold Gold Gold, Gold Goldl
Kau in Appleton's
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
SET THEM TO WORK

lNHE problem of the unemployed
comes home to all men with greater
- force in this country than else
where, for the good reason that nearly
all of our men of means of today were
the wage earners of a decade ago. The
winter months always develop a large
number of cases of worthy destitute
men, family men, who. for one cause
or another, are out of employment and
who would cheerfully perform any class
of labor to sustain life.
Los Angeles has her share of such
cases, and the problem is ever present
of how to decide between the worthy
and unworthy unmployed, to the end
that the former may be helped.
In New York, where the problem has
assumed gigantic proportions this sea-
son, the authorities have bit on the
plan of differentiating the unemployed
by the application of the labor test.
The man who will not work, neither
shall he eat at the expense of public or
private charity; and the exodus of
hobos to other and kindlier chimes that
has followed the test proves it's great
virtue.
Worthy men should be cared for and
aided to help themselves, but the diff
Guilty in bestowing this kind of assist
the shrewd tactics of the professional
hobo. who mixes in and shares the
benefits meant for more deserving men.
If public or private means could be
found for establishing a plant for the
making of some necessary article of
building material, and in times of
stress applicants for aid were sent
there to earn what they received, the
great army of drake beam tourists"
now here. and to regularly come, would
find other pastures, and the man of
worth who was up against it" would
have an honorable way out of his press
ing difficulties.
Such an institution would not inter-
fere with organized or unorganized
labor. and would cease to be as soon as
the labor market reached a normal
level.
IhlS CITY ~ lle HdtuIdl anu BeO6i"p
ical Mecca of the wandering Willies"
of the Pacific coast. especially in the
winter months, and sympathetic and
weak willed men and women will
always be found here who see the
need and ignore the causes which led
to it and help the undeserving, when
the man who must feed his children,
and who is willing to labor at any
task for the means to do so, goes hun
CRY and dispirited through the streets,
while the professional hobo" thrives.
Municipal or corporate money should
test this matter. and it is probable that
q signal blessing awaits the city by its
application, and that the worthy poor
may be helped to help themselves.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

plainly Apologize and explanatory. There
was an obvious effort to hide behind
technicalit!es and excuse itself from the
responsibility that attended its act. The
ex-mayor was proved guilty of extortion
in compelling certain French restaurants
to pay him money for protection. There
was never the slightest doubt of this
and at the last moment Abe Ruef
Schmitz' boss and accomplice, admitted
1t. These two political grafters had
preyed upon the public of San Francisco
for two years with great success. Every
enterprise that sought to do business in
the city was compelled to pay tribute to
the firm of Schmitz, Ruef g. Co.
The better element of people in San
Francisco made a brave and commendable
fight for decency during the dark days
of the Schmitz regime. 1t was no easy
thing to uproot system of corruption
that had gained a foothold in every nook
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
EpIcure,s Pine Dream

Epicure's Pipe Dream
Francois, I'm hungry, but do not
hurry me. had an early luncheon at
the Jonathan and long afternoon in
the auto"
Waiter preserves discreet silence.
"Garoon, I see little here that i'm
presses me favorably. Will you convey
a message to the chef for me? C'est
bien. Vous avez une poulard, incest
pas. That's good"
away.
"Ah, yes, that's it. Francois, I want a
poularde a la Marivaux. Take a young,
tender pullet. Have you one? Bien.
Wrap the whole bird in the belly of a
young lamb; swathe the parcel in nice,
succulent, tender bacon. Now, mon
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

<zz,N an article about the sojourn of
ia El the German emperor in England
IDA III the Suddeutche Monathefte says
IN &l that the emperor told the Eng
kS Si lish publishers that he regretted
R2IEeaI there was no German monthly
publications to compare in quality with
the English 1--WE wonder" says the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

A charge of .malfeasance has been
brought against Chief of Police Whit
taker of New Orleans, The official
fred half a dozen shots at room full
of newspaper men and never hurt even
the office cat. From the standpoint of
a marksman Whitaker is as much Of
a failure as he is as a law abiding
citizen.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

The new cruiser California put to sea
yesterday for trial If that silver
service isn't hurried the billiard tables
will be installed in the ward room
before it arrives.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

The demand for small ranches in
California is still brisk. One of the
most encouraging signs of the times is
the influx of this most desirable class
Of citizens.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

writer, whether in
the last thirty years
any English month
ly did as much for
universal literature
as the Neue Rund-
schau? Whether any
English periodical.
published more i'm
portant historical
documents than the
Deutsche r e V II e.?
Whether England
has better family
papers than Wester-
nnann's Monatshefte
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

Mayor Taylor's veto of a spur track
franchise asked for by the Santa Fe is
based on a queer conclusion. He said
the street was too valuable. That's
why the railroad wanted it.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

oklahoma will have a try at a dis
pensary liquor law. The chances are
the strong young state viii take a step
farther along that direction within
few years.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

Velhagen or Klasings? Whether there is
published in the English language a
Catholic journal to compare with Hoch-
land? All this is doubtful. But there
is no doubt of the fact that the English
lords deem it proper to maintain a read
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

Moving picture shows in New York
are called fire traps. What are they in
Los Angeles? A ruling puts them out
OF the category OF theaters. Must we
have a holocaust to bring about some
regulation of these places?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
The Ring Test

The King Test
A man got a gold piece. He thought it queer"
But he proved its worth by the ring.
A maid won the love of a bachelor sere,
And she proved its worth by the ring.
A man was named for office. here;
He has proved his worth to the ring;
a nd baby cut his toothems dear
As he proved their worth on his ring.
-
Adelaide-Did your father buy you
the birthday present you wanted?
Jennie-No, papa and I had quite a
tiff about it.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
His Occupation

you say YOU have an occupation?' asked
the lady at the back door of the itinerant,
Yes ma'am I'm wrestler, ma am
"a wreatler2'
YES ma am; Wrestie with poverty
ma am. - Yonlxers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

Jennie--I wanted duke, and papa
says he can't afford anything better
than a count, so I've refused TO accept
a present.
That blowing up of the flagship "Con-
necticut" seems to have been a wooden
nutmeg canard.
q
A Pittsburg jury has decided that a
kiss isn't worth $4,000. 1t may be so in
the land of slush and smoke, but there
are some apple-cheeked maidens in Los
Angeles who make that figure look like
a marked down, after Christmas sale.
s.
A Boston man with a wife and two
affinities died leaving three wills and
serious complications So far the case
is two-thirds settled. The affinities,
being in the majority, have combined,
but the widow has an inside run.
s.
Beck-Have a good time climbing
Mount Wilson?
Peck-Betcherlife, did. My wife
was so out of breath she couldn't speak
a word all the way up.
81
Miss Tottie Bellejambe when invited to scale
A high mountain peak will decline without fail,
But If it's surf bathing she'll gladly accept.
And she'r show you the reagon before she
gets wet
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
COMPARISONS

Consider now the foolish tree,
That In the coolest weather
Takes off Its clothes and greets the SHOWS
Quite In the altogether.
We have more sense than that ere tree
But wonder what 1t thinks o. weE
We are creations lords, we say
No beast may stand before u.s.
All such we kill whene'er we VIII,
And hence they should adore US
But as to that at makes us cuss)
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
-
The smell Of burning leaves comes not
Adown the wind at all,
Because in Texas trees don shed
Their leaves; it's never fan
In Texas; no. indeed, It's notl
we know where we are al
Regarding seasons by the fact
That possums now are fat.
Houston Post
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

Y it's decision in favor of former
Mayor Schmitz the California
court of appeals has brought
discredit on American jurispru-
dence. In giving publicity to
this decision the court was
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
WITH THE POETS
FAN

A FAN
Frailly carven of scented wood,
Upon thy fiuted, silken span,
A painted rice field of Japan.
Thou art faint as the mist of a dream,
Shades OF lavender, tints of rose,
Amber that the moonlight sows.
Song of a beauty-driyen soul
Speeding, bird-like, over the sea
To tell in color its fantasy.
Frailly carven of scented wood,
Upon thy fiuted, sillken span,
A painted rice field of Japan.
-E. S. Leonard in Boston Transcript
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
onnressIve Law

Bacon-I see a judge in western town mas
fined a man s25 for playing a cornet on the
streets after 10 o'clock at night.
Egbert-Was 1t a prohibition town.
| mo, l believe not"
Then why couldn't the man go out on
toot g'-Yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
Cutting

Patience-rve been cleaning my rings all
morning.
Patrice-I don't have to cleaen my own
rings.
mo? Well, I suppose they'd clean mine At
the pawnbroker's, too. II had them there
-Yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

That blowing up of the flagship Com
necticut" seems to have been a wooden
nutmeg canard.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19
FUNNYGRAPHS
Very Likely

F'POpI'
YES my SON..
Were there only two of everything in the
arkY'
Yes my son."
But, pop, with all those animals there must
have been more than two heas!'-Yonkers
Statesman
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-19

"Popv'
Yes, my son."
what is a iance?'
"A iance, my boy, is a young man who
has been accepted by a young lady's father.
and who has no kick comngF'-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-07-03

Word reached US this morn
ing Of the accidental drowning
of the eighteen months old
child Of Frank Hockel, who
lives on the old Geo. Hutton
place q few miles southeast oil
Wagner.
The details Of the accident are
not easy to secure, but ~ near
- We can learn the little one
was playing around the water
tauk in the yard, yesterday If.
ternoon, climbed up on the edge
Of the tank, fell in and drowned
and was not discovered for some
time.
The funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon. This is Z
severe blow to the parents, and
the hearts Of all 60 out to then
in sympathy.