Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
.HENEY BEGS VOTERS
TO WORK TUESDAY
PRIMARY MOST IMPORTANT
OF ALL
Addresses City Club at MONDAY
Luncheon, Urging Necessity of
Everybody Going to the
Polls on Tuesday

Francis ]. Heney told the City club
at its MONDAY luncheon at the West
minister hotel yesterday that the real
friends of good government could af-
ford to stay at home ON presidential
election day and let 'the push" vote
then if they would all get out on Tues
day and vote at the primary.
The real secret of the strength OF the
push workers lay in the fact that they
invariably turned out in full at the
primaries
1.-The fundamental error with civic
reformers in the United States said
Mr.. Heney, "is that they do not suffi'
GENTLY impress the Importance of the
primary on voters.
I'VE have been trying the expert
ment of self-government for over 1OO
years, and for the last half century
have proceeded on Darwin's theory OF
the survival of the fittest.
Il have great respect for Simon Cam
eron, who worked out the theory OF
organization in Pennsylvania, which
was followed out by Quay, Tweed and
others. But the predatory interests
also took up this idea of organization,
We know the result today
Chicago Tries 1t
Mr.. Heney told how the organization
and reorganization theory was worked
out in Chicago, where one set of bad
councilmen fought another set, and the
term Gray Wolves originated. Event
ually the Yerkes crowd was knocked
out They went after the hides of the
wolves and got them.
THE people of the United states
seem to have forgotten" said Mr.: he
ney, that long ago George Washing
ton recognized and in his farewell ad-
dress referred to the danger of too
much party spirit. Why? Because
there is something in human nature
that leads us into a habit even If 1t be
a party habit.
1--WE unite on party nominees unfor-
tunately, regardless of character, Mt
ness. honesty or other considerations,
just for habits sake.
In spite of the great reform wave.
rs per cent of the Republicans VIII
blindly vote their ticket and % per cent
of the Democrats will vote theirs.
"The thought of it warns us to study
Washington's farewell address Closely
Too Much Party Spirit
"The spirit of party is a danger that
menaces human liberty today!
washington foresaw that mans in
difference, laziness and passion would
cause the average voter to vote only on
presidential election day and ignore the
primary. 1t is the big mistake OF
Americans today.
"Great thinkers of the past have told
us that the rapid accumulation OF
wealth in the hands of a few Will lead
to one of two things. Either the masses
will become subservient to the rich anu
liberty will vanish, or the masses VIII
rise in wrath, seize the wealth Wruns
from them for purposes OF redistrlpu-
ton, and then follow a Napoleon on
horseback who may or may not leao
them into bitches.
''How is it possible that we as thlnk-
ing human beings ignore the primary
DUTY of citizens and fail to go to the
polls then? If every citizen insisted on
the kind of a primary election when
really named the right candidates.
they could remain at home on presl-
Dental election day.
Bosses Know the Trick
"Boss Tweed discovered the trick
many years ago, when he said the peo--
pie could vote for whom they pleased
lust so he did the nominating.
"Since he exposed the trick we nave
gone on permitting the juggling OF
primary work and catching the FESTIVE
dollar instead, when we ought TO pe
at the polls. -,
Men, l beg of you, don't risk the lib
erty won by the expenditure of precious
treasure and human life by ignoring
the call of the primary election.
Don't fail to do your duty on Iues-
day.
Go to the polls Tuesday ana vote
down the machine tickets.
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