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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
SHAM CAUCUS

A SHAM caucus of alleged Democrats
u of the Seventy-fifth assembly dis
- trict was held at the Nadeau hotel
last night, The tickes which this make
believe caucus" is supposed to have
nominated" is to be carried by Eddie
Morris in his vest pocket until the pri-
maries open next Tuesday. A distinctly
pungent aroma is diffused by the name
of Eddie Morris. That aroma does rot
suggest political altar of roses. And
the caucus, by reason of its push
partisanship, empowered the fragrant
Mr.. Morris to name the ticket which
the regulars" are expected to vote for.
1t goes without saying that the "au-
thority" conferred on Morris is invalid.
1t is absurd to pretend that he may
name the seven delegates who shall go
to the state convention from the Sew
enty-fifth district. But even if the
authority were valid. would the re-
spectacle voters of the Seventy-fifth
permit Morris to keep them from know
ing who the candidates are until they
go to the polls?
Petty bossism, corporation control
and general, all around ignorance
caused this raw exhibition of machine
politics which in it's crudity must be
shocking even to the master minds of
the regular machine. The bigger bosses
must have been panied when they
heard of the apotheosis of Morris and
the equal and consequent exaltation
and of his queer queue of ward heelers.
BY way of refreshing contrast we in
vite readers to note the names of the
representative men of the district who
are announced as candidates of the
Democratic league.
The Morris outrage in the Seventy
fifth is a fair sample of the evil the
league is fighting to exterminate. The
other districts may have named their
tickets by less brutal means and less
odious and un-American processes, but
the fact is apparent that all the regular
machinery is tainted with un-Ameri-
canism, and its tickets, while they con-
tain the names of many good and wor-
thy men, are all intended to carry out
a hateful purpose, hostile to the best
interests of the Democratic party and
the public. Therefore, Democratic vot-
ers will guard their interests and save
themselves from possibility of deplora-
BILE error by seeing to it that their
votes Tuesday are cast FOR THE
LEAGUE TICKETS.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

of any connection with foreign church
bodies and desire an independent &C.
clesiastical, organization.
This spirit of independence has led
to q movement, headed by enemies OF
Christianity, for the creation of mod
ern eclectic religion, to be Thoroughly
a Japanese national religion. This pro-
posal was to take the best from Shinto-
ism, Confucianism. Buddhism and
Christianity and create an absolutely
new religion on scientific grounds, the
whole thing then to be declared to the
people as a governmental decree In
superable difficulties have blocked the
progress of this movement and 1t Is
extremely unlikely that 1t will ever
bear fruit.
The movement for ecclesiastical in
dependence among the Japanese Pro-
testants is already successful, there
being independent Japanese churches OF
the Presbyterian, Congregational, Epis-
copal and Methodist denominations.
These churches still sustain connections
with the missions which founded them,
the degree of independence varying In
the case of each denomination.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Firebrand
THRowERs-are

see. Firebrand THRowERs-ar
SOWING FIRES in an EF-
FORT TO BREAK UP A PHAI.ArJx."
This bewilderingly coruscative style of
composition dazzles us. You are too
swift for us. brother. You remind us
of the orator who said he would take
UP arms against sea of troubles and,
standing on the burning deck, sing, as
he viewed the gathering storm, Excel
sior. We are told that in spite of all
the divilment and disthriss with which
the Republican party is distraught.
true Republicans recognize the great
struggle the party is to enter on, and
they are keeping their powder dry un-
til they see the white of the enemy's
eyes," And we may add, with imita-
tive echo which, believe us, is sin
cerest fiattery. that true Democrats
are also keeping their powder dry
until they see the green in the enemy's
eyes. which indeed is already so dis
cernible that 1t is an easy mark.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
DOES MA WISH SHE WAS PA?

II wish l had lot o. cash.
Sez pa, one winters night;
I'D go down south an stay awhile
Where days are warm an bright"
He set an watched the fire die
Seemed lost in thoughtful daze).
Till ma brought in some fresh pine knots
An made a cheerful blaze.
'I wish I had million shares
o. stock in Standard oil,
Sez pa; 'I wouldn't do thing
Ma made the kettle boil. ~
An mlxeod hot biscuits. fried some haI
An eggs (smelt good, you betD
Fetched cheese an idoughnuts, made the tea
Then pa-set down an ct!
1T wish I was a millionaire
Sez pa; 'Pd have a snap"
Next, from the lounge, we heard a snore:
Pa-at his ev'nin' nap!
Ma did the dishes, shook the cloth,
Brushed up put things away, .n-q 2
AM fed the cat. then started up
Her plans for bakin' day
She washed an put some beans to soak
An set some bread to rise:
Unstfung dried apples, soaked 'em too.
All ready for her pies:
She brought more wood, put out the cat
Then darned four pairs o. socks: a
Pa awoke, an sez, TITS time for bed;
Ma, have you wound both clocks?''
-Woman's Home Companion.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE

A LTHOUGH nothing is certain in
N this world, the nomination of Sec
"A retary Taft for the presidency
by the Republican national convention
is as reasonably certain as anything
mundane may be. In all 542 delegates
have now been chosen to the national
Republican convention. They represent
27 states, territory and insular pos
sessions. OF this total 267 have been
instructed for Secretary Taft, 6S are
uninstructed and 207 are instructed for
other candidates as follows: Forty-four
in Illinois for Mr.. Cannon, 80 in In
diana for Mr. Fairbanks, Al in New
York for Mr.. Hughes, GA in Pennsylva-
mia for Mr.. Knox. 25 in Wisconsin for
Mr.. La Toilette. OF the 6S uninstructed
delegates more than one-third have
publicly declared their intention of
voting for Secretary Taft. OF the 256
delegates in "favorite sons" states
outside of Ohio, 232 have been elected,
207 Of whom have been instructed for
the candidates OF those states. Twenty
are uninstructed and instructed for
Secretary Taft in New York, 2 in
Illinois and 1 in Wisconsin. Mr.. Taft
will go before the people as the heir
at law of Theodore Roosevelt. His
probable opponent, William ]. Bryan,
will stand in his own clothes and his
own shoes. Mr.. Bryan need fear no
bogey. His record has been one of ex-
alted citizenship, devotion to American
principles and clean, manly manhood
AS soon as Taft shows his face in the
open, the selected candidate of Repub-
licanism, he will be confronted by the
specter of misrule in the Philippine
islands. Already a delegation OF ma
tive sons of the Philippines and of
friendly American settlers there is be-
ing formed for the purpose of visiting
the United States and following Mr..
Taft with public lectures on "The
Truth About the Philippines" From
the inkling we have had Of the sub
tect matter of those lectures we know
that many good Americans will be
shocked and many voters will be COM
PEELED by conscience to vote against
the George III like administrator Of
the islands.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
sHINToIsTS, BUDDHIsTs AND
OTHERS JOIN CHRISTIANS :
IN WIDESPREAD MOVEMENT

It is interesting as historical study
to look into the early Christianity or
Japan. In 1549, more than 250 years
ago, that prince of missionaries, st.
Francis Xavier, and his companion,
Kasper, arrived in Japan. They came
on the advice of a Japanese refugee
whom they had met at the Portuguese
colony of Goa in India. They preached
the faith with all the ferver of that
great age of missions and with such
success that within forty years there
were 100000 Christians in the land, Just
twice as many as have been gained in
the last forty years. The daimyos, or
feudal lords, of one portion of the
country espoused Christianity and 1t
became the popular religion among the
higher classes of central Japan.
But the Jesuits could not refrain
from mingling with politics. for sep
aration between the spheres OF church
and state was wholly incomprehensible
to Europeans of that epoch. Their act
ivity In political affairs became so
great that the ruling shogun. who was
the first of the Tokugawa family.
whose last deposed scion is still living,
began to suspect them. The Protestant
Dutch traders who had obtained a
slight advantage with the government
did not fail to embrace the opportu-
nifty 10 zeal IL DlOW 10 tHelF TiNdiS,
hated both because they were Catholics
and because they were Portuguese.
They told the shogun that the Jesuits
had plotted to overthrow the govern
ment and attach Japan to the domin-
ion of Rome. That infuriated the sho-
gun and he began to persecute the
Christians and prohibited the profess
sion of the faith on pain of death. In
the years that followed Christians
were slaughtered wholesale and In 1888
the religion was wholly stamped out
It was 235 years afterward that the
present emperor in 1873 removed the
prohibition then placed upon Chris
tianity. but it is said that when the
first missionaries slipped into the coun-
try after Perry opened it they found
few persons who kept up the ritual
of the church of Rome, handed down
to them in secret by their forefathers.
Contrast the persecution of that elder
day with the tolerance of this. Just
after the outbreak of the war with
Russia there was a meeting in Toxic
of the Association of Japanese Reli-
gionists, which passed a resolution
justifying Japan's position in the war.
Side by side in this association We're
Shintoists, Buddhists. Confucians and
Christians. The organization was made
permanent under it's comprehensive
title and meets annually. When mobs
damaged some Christian churches in
Toxic this association made good the
losses intending thereby to emphasize
the fact that the riots were not reIi-
gious and that the Shintoists and
Buddhists of Japan are at peace with
the Christians.
Copyright, 1908. by Frederic ]. Haslsin.)
TOmorrOw-8he Angl0-Japanese Alliance,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
CLEAR. CRISP AND CLEAN
HERALD'S SUCCESS

TTV he efficiency Of The Herald and Its
leadership as O newsgatherer were
both shown yesterday when i'm twelve
pages it printed 1876 headed items.
The Times I'm twenty-fo pages published
only 1se items. In eighteen pages the Ex-
aminer published 147. This is a remarkable
record because It illustrates the fact that
The Herald cultivates brevity and gives all
the news oompactlyI an economy which we
know is appreciated by many readers. AT
n chamber of commerce reception busi-
ness man made the remark that The Herald
was the business mans paper. and was the
only morning paper in the city which ap-
peaIed to busy business men, because 1t was
concise and precise, brief and accurate.
While brevity and accuracy are cultivated,
the news value of article Is never sacri-
ficed to peremptory space limitations. II a
story is worth telling in extended way
The Herald gives 1t in an extended way. If
II is worth extra space The Herald gives 1t
extra space. But The Herald does not be-
lieve in crowding out a dozen news Items
Of general interest for the sake of "sensa-
tionalizing" some special feature. The Her
aid does not believe In sacrificing legitimate
news merely because it does not contain the
naIs From newswriter's point of view it
is easier to make yellow journal than one
which is high grade. 1t is also easier to
shrek and scream than TO sing.
The Herald is clear, crisp and clean. An
able and experienced local staff complies
the news of the city and neighborhood. An
able and experienced corps of correspond
ents stationed at all the principal news CEN
ters of the state and nation provides a state
and national special news service. The
work of the correspondents is supplemented
by the complete news service of the Asso-
ciated Press, the greatest newsgathering
organization in the world. With such a
brilliant all around staff at home and
abroad it is not astonishing that the circu-
Iation Of The Herald is increasing steadily,
and its advertisers are obtaining satisfac-
tory results. The Herald is business
getter. Advertising in The Herald means
expansion of the business advertised.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
TRAINING

TN his address to the Naomi Chris
tian church Judge Wilbur said
n obedience is absolutely essential to
the welfare Of a child, and while the
requirements for a child should be
reasonable they should be insisted upon
without question. The problems of
liberty are not all solved in this coun-
try and with the elimination of the
respect which one class bears to an
other and which all citizens bear to
the military and hereditary titles in
other countries there is in the United
States a great necessity for teaching
obedience for the sake Of obedience,
or the child may be as little prepared
for self government as the savage.
This is one of the principal reasons
for defects in the working out of the
theories Of self government. Train up
child in the way he should go is
saying older than any European or
American country, and we still see
many parents training children. II the
word training may be allowed. to go
exactly as they please. 1t is not
ica9Oidplo " SAPSS" SA"P
on thorns, figs to grow on thistles ana
good manners and healthy morals to
grow on boys and girls who are al
lowed to run wild, subject to all the
influences of evil and to few or none
of the influences Of good. AS Judge
Wilbur knows better than any man in
Los Angeles there is nothing so heart
rending as the spectacle of the de-
praved little monster" at whose lewd
audacities and criminal precocities un-
thinking onlookers laugh. An un-
trained body MAY become deformed--
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

Governor Sheldon of Nebraska says
the people should manage the govern
ment. Well, that is what was origin
ally intended. All the arrangements
made by the gentlemen who thought
the Pilgrim Father branch of the Eng
disappearing race could get along much
better without the monarchial branch
were made with that end in view.
Moreover, it is beginning to look as If
we may all live to see the re-establish-
ment of Americanism in America. So
cheer UP, governor. We may be happy
yet, you bet.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

Does this community ever stop to
realize and appreciate its Indebtedness
to Judge Wilbur? Since juvenile Of
fenses and offenders characterize mod
ern civilization; since, unhappily,
special court must be provided for the
trial of premature offenders for whom
we as a people are responsible, let us
be thankful that for the most exacting
judicial position in the country we
have managed to find an incumbent
who seems to have been specially made
for it-big Judge Wilbur. the Solomon
Of the Juvenile court.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

Tirey L. Ford. acquitted on two out
of fourteen indictments, is pained when
he thinks of the remaining dozen. No
doubt he wishes he could revive Glad
stone to act as his counsel. One of the
great mans friends committed the in
discretion of marrying a second wife
while the first was still alive. "Too
bad about JONES'" said a critic. "He
had a fine career before him and now
here's that woman to block it, 'That's
too bad" remarked the other. "Why
doesn't he get Mr.. Gladstone to ex
plain her away?"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
OF WORLD WILDE INTEREST
CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAN
ey FREDERIC ). HAskIN

deavored to reach the Japanese, but
without success. Two years later the
Russian government established a con-
sulate at Hakodate. In 1860 a young
priest named Ivan came to take charge
of the consulate church. This same
priest, now the venerable Archbishop
Nicolai of Toxic, has ever since led the
missionary movement for his branch of
Christianity in Japan. While his Jap
anese converts recognize the metropol-
itans of the Orthodox church as su-
preme In ecclesiastical power, there Is
but one foreign priest besides the arch
bishop and there are thirty-eight or
dained Japanese priests besides 164
evangelists,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

We could fill this page with list of
incentives to the duty of voting the
machine OUT and patriotism IN at the
primaries. Nothing can be said in
favor of a perpetuation of machine
slavery. Clean Americans must cast
clean American votes at the primaries
for men who represent clean American
principles am not dirty, un-American
interests
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Merely Unemployed

Few persons make good so thorough
ly as that man who was sent to the
workhouse as vagrant by a New York
magistrate and who said that he could
earn his living as a tinker, tinsmith
or coppersmith. In order to prove his
contention he made a perfect kettle,
with cover, from a cent To make 1t
q pleasant story, he is to be pardoned.
Long Beach Telegram.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
General Resurrection?

Another man who has been dead for
years has just bobbed up TO the de-
light of his friends-the fourth this
week. 1t begins to appear that death
and taxes as the only inevitable facts
in life must be disassociated, leaving
the taxes in sole possession of thefield
Pasadena News.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

~ " y
men of Japan are
Christians and the
influence of the ma
tive churches is
widespread. OF the
10000 church mem-
bers there are co.
900 Protestants, co.
900 Roman Catho-
lies and 10000 Greek
Orthodox c h + ! s.
tians.
Japan occupies a
peculiar relation to
the Christian relig-
ion. With the ex-
ception of north
western Africa, 1t Is
the only part of the
world where Chris
tianity, once firmly
established. was up
ro ote d and de-
stroyed. 1t is also
the first country In
the history of mod
ern missions In
which native Chris
tiaua are impatient
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

porches, and / for one think the way
this poor decoy is run off it's legs"
week in and week out, is shame and
n reflection on the efficiency of our
humane" officers. 1t is high time they
woke up and put stop to this cruelty.
suppose the S. p. c. A. has branch
in this city A LOVER OF DOGS.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
The ublic Letter Box

Letters intended for publication must be
recommended 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 900 words.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Slmian journalism

A scientist has discovered that both
monkeys and insects know colors. This
may account for the color of some
eWspapers.-Fresno Herald
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Unloading and Loading

There is no truth in the report that
several prominent Pomona men will
be permanently employed in San Pedro,
even though they have been unloading
schooners there during the past week.
Pomona Progress
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

Oh, the snow, the beautiful snow! 1t
is falling in eastern states and running
garden and fruit prospects. We are
indeed sorry for eastern fruit growers
They should be thankful they have the
unfailing California supply to fall
back on.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Social Amenities

The girl in the Merry Widow" hat
Met the girl in the peekaboo;
The latter said to the former, "Scat!'
And the former retorted, "Skiddoo!'
Grass Valley Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Hope So

The evangelistic services which We're
concluded in Lancaster on Sunday by
Evangelists Peck and Fowler will no
doubt be productive of good results
Antelope Valley Ledger.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
State Press Echoes
Dissimulate

Don't cast round that look of gloom
Like you had stepped out of a tomb;
Hide your heartache IL you are sad.
Make believe you're feeling glad.
-Merced Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

lFzszz=E7D DOKIO-Christian churches Oh
|Kr,AN all denominations in Japan
IN H& have total membership of
III WFM 10000. Besides these there
|A vi are a great many Japanese
lSz9 who are familiar with the
Bible and In part incline to
the Christian faith, although not open
ly protesting 1t. These are estimated
to number about 100000. Many of the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
IS PA II M S5,
Nm rRora a <NI
.NLDvIE WIRE 4

Ode to One Hen
Unto thy feet
This ode I sing:
o barredrock bird,
So fleet of wing.
When in my yard you excavate.
marvel at your power so great.
Oh, speckled hen
With nimble feet.
wonder when,
Each day we meet,
You'll grace a pie, or, better yet,
Be served up In a nice croquettei
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Won't Occur Auain

Beck-I see the leaders in congress
are adopting drastic measures in the
land and timber fraud cases.
Peck-Thats good. Arresting the
thieves?
Beck-No, they're abolishing the de-
tective bureau which exposed the
frauds.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
What Tires the Wire

A scientist declares metals get tired
as we'll as living things. He says
telegraph wires are better conductors
Monday than late Saturday night.
This seems reasonable. The wonder
is the average news wire, after car
rying $4,000 words international mar.
riage slush, doesn't just curl up like a
caterpillar and quit.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03
Who Lost a cephalopod?

on the campus at Columbia university.
students returning to dormatories at
unearthly hours, but by serious
minded member of the faculty, who
walks about with bowed head looking
for things. The article has been adver-
tised and the owner may have his
cephalopod by calling on Prof. Grabau.
ID
Missed the Train
"How did you get along at the Pull
man ticket Window"
Fine. I got in behind seventeen
men and got my ticket in six minutes.
How was it with your"
Not quite so we'll Took me 45
minutes. There was a woman at the
wicket ahead of me-"
ID
Saddened by Scents
The earnest student of sociology
dropped in for a moments rest last
night. Gloom sat upon his rugose brow.
At last he explained:
ITS the smells. 1 go into many
queer places in pursuit OF knowledge.
1t may not be unhealthy. Liver and
onions. garlic, cheese, boiled Goldfish.
cabbage-nothing wrong about that.
arise an hour earlier than your or
dinary time. Breakfast as a healthy
man should and then stroll abroad.
Go north to First street and west of
Spring. Do this and when you stroll
by some hasheries you will sympathize
with Coleridge when he wrote:
In Cologne, a town OF monks and bones,
And pavements fanged with murderous
stones,
And rags. and hags, ana hideous wenches.
counted two-and-seventy stenches.
All well defined and several stinks
Ye nymphs that reign Ger sewers and sinks.
The River Rhine, it is we'll known,
Doth wash your city of Cologne
But tell me, nymphs. what power divine
Shall henceforth wash the River Rhine?
II don't say it's anything serious, but
I sometimes wish 1 wasn't SO sensi-
tive"
The e. s. of S. plunged into but
finally came out of a period Of deep
meditation.
Ever smell Goldfish and onions boil
ing? Well, you don't want to. Those
two-and-seventy stenches are as the
altar of roses, as the odors of Araby
the blest, or as the scent of the
Tooba tree, when compared with that
New England combination"
-
Texas Perfume
The Houston Post says burning an
orange peel will dissipate the odor of
tobacco smoke in room. If it's the
seen former Texans smoke it would re-
quire two additional orange peels and
one rubber boot to accomplish that
feat.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-03

Tomorrow-sh Anglo-Japanese Alliance.