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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
SHOULD BE MADE PUBLICLY

contributed and a statement of dis
bursements. If this be done, pubic
opinion will force the Republicans 10
do likewise or, through their silence,
confess that their financial transactions
cannot bear the light of day. 1t is not
likely that there will be many large
contributions to the Democratic cam
paign fund, but it is highly important
that every Democrat who is interested
in the success of the party contribute,
and sufficient sum can be obtained
If every individual will contribute
something. 1t will be better all around
to have 100000 dollar contributions
than. to have twice that sum contrib
uted by few men or corporations who
will expect legislative favors. voter
who contributes is quite apt to take a
lively individual interest in the cam
paign. He will feel like an active par
ticipant in a great movement, and his
individual efforts will be felt through
out the campaign. This is year when
the success of the party. Especially
should the southern Democrats render
all possible financial assistance to their
brethren in the debatable states. There
is no need for an expenditure of cam
paign money in the south. but south
ern Democrats should help in the north
ern states At the proper time the par
ty authorities will appeal for financial
assistance and southern Democrats
should respond. And let the commit
tee adopt a policy of publicity, even If
congress fails to pass the law.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
AN AMERICAN LORD

TN HE fliscoverer of her majesty,
Queen Pierpont Morgan, is happy
Il once more. This time he is on
the trail of an American boy who turns
out to be an English lord. AS Dominic
Sampson said, PRO deegeous. we
love to sample the gingerbread Eng
lish. with here and there speck OF
gilt ont, in which our most esteemed
contemporary, which takes keen in
terest in such matters, presents Tor our
admiration or worship Hugh Fftzger-
aid Lowering of Lowell, Mass. 1t turns
out that H. F. Lowering is not plain
American citizen after all. Not so
common. he! In reality he is Lord
Hugh Fitzgerald Lowering Cough, "a
descendant of the great Hugh Cough,
who long ago was made lord for valor
in war" The greatest Cough in his
tory was John B. Cough. temperance
lecturer There is another Golf in New
York who conducted famous investi-
CATION and became recorder, or chief
criminal judge. But the third Cough
cestor of all the Coughs and Goffs
English and American, was Golf the
regicide, who helped to decapitate
King Charles I. Ever since the rise
and fall of the regicide the name Golf
has not been connected with many pat
ents of nobility
The plain American cannot become
the gilded Briton without encountering
usurper who is in the path. There
is another Cough, and the American
must dispossess him ere he can wear
the title and draw the rentals of the
customary vast estate" It Is the ex-
Nstence of the estate which has aroused
enthusiasm among the British and
American lawyers who have espoused
the cause of the real Lord Cough.
There are vast estates in Hereford
shire, England, and in Ireland. The
English estates yield a huge income
in rentals. Probably the Irish tenants
have dispensed with the Formally Of
paying rent, but if the young American
landlord will engage New York tene-
ment house shark he will be thorough
ly equipped to combat anti-rent super
stition and overcome prejudice.
King Edward is evincing warm In.
terest In the proceedings. He is prob
ably waiting to borrow five pun note
from Lord Hughey We apologize fol
the effect which this exciting news may
produce upon you. Hope your nervous
system is in good order
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
HOUSEWIVES PURSES AND
HOUSEKEEPING PROBLEMS

mainder of their allowance for things
they do not need. The month opens up
with a shopping spree. Her allowance
in her purse, the housewife fares forth
to see what she can buy for the money.
She lays 1t out on things for herself,
the children and the home; things that
are needed as we'll as things that the
family could Go without. In order TO
avoid the embarrassment of being with
out money half the month many wives
have persuaded their husbands to give
them check books, with leave to draw
on the husbands bank account. The
check book plan in nearly every case,
however is a failure, for the conscien-
tious and thrifty wife stints herself to
the point of discomfort for fear of
drawing too much, and the extravaganza
wife soon spends so much that the hus-
band takes away the check book and
puts her back on a stated allowance.
Moreover nearly all women prefer to
get definite sum in gold every month,
with the understanding that they may
spend it as they see fit, without ac-
counting to their husbands One fault
of the check book plan is that the hus-
band inspects the returned checks and
sees where the money goes.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
GUILTY OF POVERTY

TN HAT poverty may become proof
presumptive of guilt when dead
Il broke man is charged with crime
is the statement made by a correspond
ent of The Herald who has been read
ing the accounts of the Shack case.
Shack arrived in Los Angeles with only
a dime in his pocket. At a restaurant
he ordered what he believed and in
tended to be a nickePs worth of food.
He received no change from his dime.
rendered to the cashier, and was told
that agnickei was forfeited under the
restaurants stipulation on the bill of
fare, mo service less than zen cents"
The sequel is familiar to all who fol-
low the daily news columns. Mr.. Shack
protested, was arrested. cast into the
city prison, taken before police judge,
found guilty of disturbing the peace
and sentenced to twenty days in Jail
with work on the chain gang to vary
the monotony of his seclusion.
A restaurant keeper who makes an
overcharge on any pretext is not
thief. He is merely asserting his pre-
.rogative. But the man who refuses to
pay the overcharge is a thief, and If
he should protest against taxation
without representation on his dinner
plate he is called a disorderly person
and subjected to degrading punish
ment. The paradox is to be explained
only by the assertion that poverty
seems to be proof presumptsve of crime
or of criminal intent. Wealth is all
right Many of our best citizens are
wealthy Poverty is neither a pleas
ant nor natural condition in rich
republic Many of our best citizens
are poor. A man should not be dis
eliminated against because he is
wealthy. A citizen should not be sent
to the chain gang principally because
he is poor. There is evidently a great
gulf between poverty and wealth in the
United States, and Jesus said that there
would be a greater in the country be-
yond the bourne. The chief injustice
to which poverty subjects its victims
is that it limits not only their powers
of self defense rs we'll. How helpless
was Shack, who used loud and bois-
ferrous language because he saw a res
taurant man accommodating an unearned
increment at his expense as compared
with any one of a dozen offenders
against the law who might be men,
toned, whose liberty is never really
in jeopardy, because if the worst comes
10 the worst it can be bought!
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
CHILD LABOR

HHE weekly wage paid to working
children in the United States
Il ranges from 81 up to So. Children
under 10 seldom receive more than so
cents, but a boy of IL is worth from 81
to 81 per week. Older children receive
more in places like Los Angeles, where
employers of children operate measur-
ably near the surface and always with
a certain degree of salutary apprehen-
sion which has been increased in re-
cent years. since certificates of age and
permits to work have been required. In
places like New York, Pittsburg and
Chicago it is not easy to regulate child
labor officially. Many children waive
the ceremony of a board of education
permit to earn money, and the board is
too busy to follow up every case of
absenteeism and inspect every factory
and sweatshop. 1t is in the manufac-
turing districts and in the thickly pop
ulated neighborhoods that 'Timour
Mammon grins on his pile of children's
bones" What is the cause of child
labor? What does it mean? In what
direction is it leading the republic?
Some have alleged that it is due to
parental greed. This is the excuse OF
apologists, and it is characterized by
it's sweeping audacity. There arc
greedy parents. There are also greedy
boys and girls or there would be no
greedy men and women, because greedy
people, like poets, are born, not made.
But to say that the parents of two
million children are greedy because the
children are at work invites contemptu-
Gus derision. Substitute the word
NEEDY" for greedy" Most of the
parents are in need of the earnings of
the children to help them meet domes-
tic expenses. Sometimes 1t is easier
for a child to get employment than it
| is for parents. We have heard an en-
ploying manufacturer make this state
ment: I'VE can get two or three bright
boys or two bright young women for
| the wages of one man, and the boys
and the young women are more amen
able to discipline than men are" The
nearer labor approaches the condition
of placid non-resistance that charac-
| terized the negro slave the better APP
parently does it suit the hiring power.
| Absolute automatonism is the ideal that
| is aimed at Initiative, under such con-
ditions, is hardly 6istinguishable from
rebellion. In the day of negro slavery
| it was accounted rebellion, and was
punished severely.
| Child labor is caused by mistaken
economy, which, unless corrected, may
be fatal to the republic. The children
at present employed in the United
States are earning at least $6,000,000
per week; s24,oOO,oOO per- month Of four
weeks; 1912 900. 600 per year of fifty-two
weeks. Staggering figures. when you
first make their acquaintance. AMI
they do not improve upon acquaintance.
This s312, 100000 per year in wages to
boys and girls who should be at school
means. further, that for every weekly
wage paid to the vast army of work.
ing children the employers save por-
ton of an adult wage. At current
wage scales the disbursement of $1,000,
900 per week to children employed in
the United States-do not forget that
we are discussing the matter nation
ally, not locally-lneans that there is
saved to employing capital or there is
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
To the Promised Land
SAN PEDRO HARBOR

CAPTAIN AMOS FRIES at the
I chamber of commerce banquet
~ voiced the insistent demand that
the Southern Pacific be eliminated
from California politics. What he said
upon this and kindred subjects evoked
hearty and prolonged applause. His
remarks on the harbor question were
cheered loudly. He emphasized the
point that San Pedro is not merely a
harbor, but "a great harbor," in respect
of it's fitness and safety the peer of any
in the United States. AS he pointed
out, ut has two miles of wharves with
twenty-five feet of water at low tide,
and this will soon be increased by
three-quarters of mile of wharves
with thirty feet at low tide. Then, too,
it has those other essentials of every
sreat harbor, ample anchorage room,
with a broad and safe entrance into it. >
The following part of Capt. Fries
address will awaken many approving
echoes: Politics are disreputable only
when the politicians concerned are dis
reputable, anu NueIl every man ia liiio
country puts the same energy and
thought into the politics of his city,
county and state that he puts into his
business we will have what millions OF
men have died to achieve-a govern
ment of the people, by the people and
for the people, and San Pedro will be
a free harbor"
Uncle Sans navigators should recog-
nize the fact that San Pedro offers a
superb anchorage, and If the coming
fleet should make it's headquarters here
during it's eagerly anticipated Califor-
MIA visit it will find snug, secure and
convenient shelter, and its choice will
give San Pedro desirable publicity. Let
The nation and the world know that
The finest fleet afloat can anchor Sc
curely at San Pedro, and the national
and international reputation of the har-
Dor will be enhanced We all know
that it is fine harbor, but the con-
vincing visit of the feet will be a
"clincher.'
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25

In a deep coal pit in the north of
England, something went wrong. Care
lessness, accidents, heaven alone knows
what-caused an explosion and in the
twinkling of an eye fourteen human
lives went out. Almost at the same
hour of the same day six men were
killed or mortally wounded in the
depths of the Stanton mine at Wilkes
barre, Pa. Heavy, heavy is the tribute
the worker pays. We say human sac
rifices characterized only the darkest
years of the primeval ages. Nonsense!
Human sacrifices are the most CHASTITY
and insistent characteristic of twen-
tieth century civilization.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25

We are indebted to the Los Angeles
elite chronicler for the information that
Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, wife of the
noted New York financier," carries in
her train an interesting parsonage"
in the ebony form of Hon. George K.
Vernon, the chef, who sis considered
one of the greatest negro cooks of the
day." Mrs. Morgans husband is only
noted" but her cook is "the greatest"
We Gull a few adjectives from the daily
epic of Mrs. Morgan: "Palatial. Sump-
tuous. Finest. Delightful. Beautiful.
Commodious. Fastidious. Remarkable"
The adjectival chronicler never misses
an opportunity of saying that Mrs.
Morgan disli1e1 notoriety." Gee Will
likens! How she must love him!
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
INGERSOLL GOT HIS

6HERE you ever stumped-ever
wv put out-ever-ah-fiab
gasted?" said an acquaintance
of the late Colonel Bob Ingersoll to
that worthy. "'Deed / was" he re-
piled. "An old Scotsman was arguing
with me one day, and he was contin-
ually talking in his broad way of
speech about a priesthood after the
order of Melchizedek-which he pro-
nounced 'Melkeezedek.' At last l ex-
claimed, perhaps "a trifle impatiently,
Milk easy, Dick; milk easy, Dick, as
the COW said to King Richard The
old fellow looked at me without the
faintest glimmer of a smile, but with
a lengthening jaw and an awful eye.
Colonel Ingersoll, he said. 1T is of no
use ava to keep on talking to you.
Twill do nae guild. A man that will
expec' an intelligent fellow man to be-
lieve that ony coo that ever met Rich
ard had the gift of speech, or that it
mentioned a sacred name to an I'M
hallowed king, Is mair o. a liar than
Mounchasen. and mair O. an inf1del
than Chinee, forbye bein' the big
gest and simplest fool on earth for
ever thinkin' that l would believe
him. That settled me-" said Colonel
Bob.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25

~ @AI no improvement on the pres
ID ent roundabout method of
M WMl choosing public officials should
Rasx12I find some enlightenment in
the testimony of John w. Stet-
son of Oakland. Stetson has studied the
proposed system, taking pains to sup
ply himself with the testimony of
other states which have tried it, he
spent some time in politics, serving his
district in the last legislature, and the
result of his experience and research is
an unqualified Endorsement of the di-
rect primary, says the San Francisco
Bulletin.
Nominating conventions are no
longer benefit, but an evil, says Stet-
son. A portion of his argument. as
made in public speech, Is as follows;
THE man who now goes to the pri-
mary polls in California simply is
playing another mans game. The cards
are stacked against him. The conven-
ton, composed of the delegates whom
he believes he elected, does not act ac-
cording to the wishes of the people. 1t
acts according to program, and this
program is prepared even before the
election is held. Nominating conven-
tions long since have ceased to reflect
the desires of the people. They ex-
press the wants of the few in direct
control, who, in turn, usually represent
corporate interests. Inc lOIIlllldllilS
convention permits many abuses and
is dangerous because it nearly always
stands for measures and not for men,"
Speaking from his own experience,
Stetson recalls how members Of the last
legislature of California obeyed like
marionettes when their creators pulled
the string. The corporations through
their lobbyists said: I'VE do not in
tend to have any laws passed here
that will interfere with our business
interests" and the great majority of
the legislators meekly submitted to in
solent dictation and voted down meas
ures designed for the relief of the
people as fast as they came UP.
:, Under the conditions described by
Stetson, the electors of the state are
deprived of the right to govern them
selves. That being the case, direct
primary law will surely be an improve
ment ON the present system. Agents of
corporations, with an eye to business,
decry the proposed reform and are
frenzied with fear lest the change
would deny the people the right of rep
resentative government. A plague upon
such objections! That right has al
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25

M s.; S; ; :; i: !: ]
lazz1szsAz9a make public the receipts
and disbursements of
campaign funds was an impressive
law should be enacted. but it
is to be feared that congress will not
be disposed to act upon the matter this
year. The Republicans understand
very well that publicity will result in
a great falling off in contributions,
since it is certain that the people, If
they only knew how the privileged in
terests rallied to the support of Re-
publicanism, would be sure to sever
their relations with the party. The Re-
publicans who control the organization
in these times do not know how to con-
duct a campaign without money, and
they expect as usual to get large con-
tributions from the protected interests
and the trusts. Publicity would seri-
ously interfere with their financial ar
rangements. So while they will indorse
the idea of publicity with their mouths
they will studiously refrain from en-
acting a law compelling publicity, says
the Houston Post.
But even IL the congress fails to en-
act such a law, the Democrats can on
their own motion make public all in
formation pertaining to their campaign
fund. At frequent intervals during
the campaign they can publish the
names of contributors, the amounts
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
Perhaps He Felt Better

A New York surgeon set bone for
a patient who was at the Metropolitan
opera house when he hurt himself. The
unfortunate man screamed loudly while
the doc was operating, but the
noise mingled SO naturally with the
selection from Wagner that was being
performed that it was indistinguish-
able from the melody.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
PunctuaIity a Virtue

Beck-These New Years resolutions
may be all right, but I'm not going to
take any more chances.
Peck-What's the matter-can't you
keep 'em?
Beck-It's not that. An uncle of mine
in Michigan resolved to be prompt. He
stuck to it two months. The other day
he ran all the way from the station to
the bank when his train was late. He
got there ten seconds before closing
thine and deposited $4,000 he had re-
ceived for his farm. The next day the
bank failed. No more OF this punctu-
ality business for mine
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
Get the Pareaoric

A Chicago minister provides nursing
bottles for babies brought to his
church. He says he would rather see
twenty or thirty infants pulling away
at bottles than have their mothers stay
away from church. But if all the ba-
bies get the collywobbles at once and
begin to talk back at the pulpit. what
will the philoprogenitive preacher do?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
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The Coast Mariner

he Coast MaTIHcT
1.-THE fleet is slow, the feet is Slow"
The anxious watcher said.
May all propitious breezes blow,
"Thus may our ships be sped
Sing yeo heave oh and rumbelow
At the heaving of the lead"'
You're out of date. you antique skate"
The friendly neighbor jeered
1.-THE fleets not wood. but armour plate:
It's steam propelled and steered."
What more he said. 1 can't relate.
For the fleet doomed up and the out-of- dat
And the neighbor cheered and cheered.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
Like "coming Thro' the Rye"

Beck-Weird forms of cruel and I'M
usual punishment still hold in Ger
many.
Peck-Use the torture rack and whip
ping post over there?
Beck-Worse than that. When the
emperor goes to a musical comedy he
usually composes three jokes and
hands them from the royal box to the
leading comedian.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25

The Australians are anxious that the
American fleet should visit the land Of
the Southern Cross. The enthusiasm in
British Pacific possessions over the
cruise of Uncle Sans big handles is
interesting, and somewhat pathetic.
The Australians have been uneasy over
oriental developments and they would
dearly like to be able to think that
the Monroe doctrine reaches as far as
their island continent.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
Season Always Open

Buffalo Bill says that owing to the
efforts and influence of the president
there is more big game in the country
today than there was ten years ago.
Betcher life, Bill. Some of it walks on
two legs, and nobody, high or low. ever
dared to stalk it till Teddy came along
with his gun.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
DIRECT PRIMARY FEARED
BY THE BIO CORPORA IONS

ready been denied. The problem now
is to get it back. The direct primary
is the only promising solution. There
fore the direct primary must be
adopted, regardless of the anguish it
ing and Acknowledging corporations.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
Cold Storage Product

An eastern writer devoted much time
to an erudite essay entitled 1.-THE Age
of Ego And the printer man made
it 1.-THE Age of Eggs" The linotype
must have just broken an aged one.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
Find Them EVERYWHERE

Miss Johanna Theme. on a visit to a
poor farm near Aurora, Mo-, found her
affinity and married him in twenty-five
minutes after an introduction. That's
going some!
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25

The enraged she-eiephant that as
saulted circus man received double
rations yesterday. The brute knows
the value of advertising. even II her
methods are a little strenuous.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25

DR.. Crespi of Milan, Italy, says the
climate of California reminds him
strongly of that of his native land
This is a fattering compliment to
Italy.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
Rlmes In Pickle

About this time
The funny Gink
Seizes a pen
And quickern a wink
Tears off a verse
And hangs upon it
A revamped gag
On the Easter Bonnet.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25

Today the governors of New York
and New Jersey are scheduled to meet
in the new McAdoo tunnel beneath the
Hudson river. What win 1t be, gov
ernor?