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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-16

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IN the Houston Chronicle. A num-
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sn barrel organs.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-16

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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-16

BEAUTIFUL, bountiful, busy
Brownsville, balmy. bright and
breezy, beating bigger, bulkier
5urgs by big boundsl Buy bits of
Brownsville and build a brilliant
Sye-andebye.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-16

LET the mass meeting be more
successful because of your presence
tonight. Brownsville should show
her distinguished visitor that she
Is one of the most ..hospitable cities
IN the South.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-16

Jean Rull, the anarchist who
plotted the assassination of King
Alphonso. has been sentenced to
death at Barcelona.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-16
JOHN N. GARNER

FOR reelection as representative of
the 18th Congressional District for
the ensuing term, subject to the
action of the democratic nominal
1ng convention.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-04-16

A cloudburst between Monterey
and Saltillo washed out many
bridges and culverts on the Ma
tional Lines of Mexico.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
Prospect OF B'-yGp's Election
Causes Revival of Business

N HE safest baromet r of prosperity
which this or any other country
possesses Is the banking industry.
If the banks are prosperous, II the
vaults are bulging with coin of the
realm. placed there by frugal and in
dustrious depositors, then the indus
trial and commercial conditions of the
country cannot be otherwise than good.
The banks are the repositories of the
savings of the worlxingman and the
earnings of the merchant. When they
have money to deposit, something to
lay away for a rainy day to sustain
the home or the store, it is an un-
falling sign that the nation is pros
porous.
1t is encouraging to note the pros
perity of the banking Industry of the
United tSates as shown by the con-
ventlon of bankers which recently
gathered at Denver In annual session.
The report of the secretary Of the
American Bankers association, which
is the best diagnosis of financial. In
dustrial and commercial conditions
available, Is full of optimism and en-
couragement to every section of this
country.
This report shows that despite the
depression and miniature panic OF a
year ago banking conditions are bet
ter today than they have been for
some time. The savings Of depositors
temporarily removed after the en-
barge had been lifted from the banks,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
SAYS BRYAN WILL SAVE THE
PEOPLE FROM CORRUPTION

LOS ANGELES, Oct 10.--IEditor
Heraldl: In the futility of his special
messages to Republican congress, a
Republican president demonstrated his
inability to inaugurate reforms,
thwarted as he is by his political allies.
That nine-tenths of the people are
robbed by the beneficiaries of special
interests" is such a well known dis
grace to our government that even the
most jealous partisans In the Repub-
lican ranks hesitate to apologize for it.
To save the nation from the inev-
liable results Of corruption a change of
administration is Imperative. We need
at the helm man whose moral cour-
age is unquestioned; who Is Just, rather
than impulsive. A man who demands
fair dealing between employers and
laborers. AS such William j. Bryan
stands before the people a splendid
type of American manhood; a man who
as chief executive will raise our stand
ard of honor that has been SO shame
fully lowered by Ill gotten wealth.
The avowed apostle of labor, Eugene
v. Debs, acknowledges his inability to
fill the position of president. To whom
then shall the working people look as a
champion for their rights but to him
who said: Thou shalt not press down
the crown Of thorns on Labor's rbow."
The sentiment and principle therein ex-
pressed will make him immortal and
worthy of peoples highest trust.
10. SCHAFER
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
EARNINGS

TN 1907 the soil of California yielded
$900,00O,000 worth of products. The
rural population engaged in the
industries represented by this huge
figure numbered 100000. If there are
four persons to a family, and one OF
them is the breadwinner, this would
give a working population of 200,
The total value of the production there
fore amounts to $4,000 year for each
worker. 1t is absurd to pretend that
this figure represents the average year
ly income of the rural worker. What
then becomes of the difference between
the sum he actually receives and the
much greater sum which, according to
an easy and obvious calculation, he
might receive? The private tariff of
the railroads and the public tariff of
the government between them eat up q
large proportion of the work and brains
of this producer, and between public
tariff and railroad tariff he has SO
little left that after he pays expenses,
taxes, etc, the producer of much wealth
has the public tariff to do with this?
We reply, almost everything" The
question and the answer invite review
OF the entire tariff discussion. In Cleye-
lands phrase: ut is a condition, not a
theory, which confronts US" There
fore, what is the use of merely talking
about it? Let us get to work and elect
Bryan and Kern. That will be the first
important practical step toward rem
edying present intquitous and unjust
conditions.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
CHILD SLAVERY

~ URELY the good people of Salida,
Colorado, were too squeamish
~ when they protested against a
public sale of eight children advertised
by the Salvation Army. This was the
armys way of finding homes for the
little ones, and of making certain they
would be well cared for, because men
and women as rule are much more
particular" in the care of something
for which they have to pay good price
than of something they get for moth
ing. This Is one of the peculiarities of
human nature, and the leaders OF the
Salvation Army are diligent students Of
human nature. But why make a fuss
about the honest sale of babies to re-
sponsible purchasers, which, by the
way, is a matter of very common oc-
currence in many parts of the United
States. and especially in the larger
cities, as any almshouse superinten-
dent can testify il he will? We should
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12

on the abolition of the clearing house
certihcates-have been returned, and
business has begun to resume its nor
NAL state.
Money Is !. ore easy than 1t has been
since the panic started. The high rates
of interest charged consequent on the
stringenoy have been abolished, and
1t is now possible for new and profit
able enterprises to get that financial
assistance which is Impossible In times
of panic and without which the wheels
of industry cannot revolve.
The fact that money is cheaper and
more readily obtainable is made evil
dent by the number OF new industries
that have recently had inception in
this state. On every hand there are
evidences of a revival of industry. and
employment for the idle is constantly
being found, says the Fresno Herald.
What is true of California Is char
acteristic Of the who.s United tSates.
The entire country is rapidly recover
ing the financial poise and equilibrium
which It lost year ago when the ma
tion was thrown into the throes of a
disturbance the effects of which were
felt for many months. The wheels of
Industry are revolving more generally
than for many months, artisans and
laborers who have been idle are again
finding employment. and there Is JOY
and happiness throu Aout the land
over the return to normal financial, in
dustrial and commercial conditions.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
FREE SPEECH

ITO THE great detriment of the
reputation of this city, the bald
- statement is being printed in
newspapers all over the United tSates
that Los Angeles is "suppressing the
Salvation army" Our fellow Ameri-
cans are being told that with Lon
don-like Hooliganism, we are chasing
these active social workers off our
streets and sending them to jail by
the dozen for daring to hold open air
religious services. OF course we in Los
Angeles know the foundation of the
scandal, but it is difficult to explain
to a cruel and cynical outside world
that the right of free speech must be
restricted to certain areas of the city,
and that even for those areas it was
only won by the determined attitude
of Los Angeles Herald, which asserted
then, as it asserts now, that any re-
ing in cases and in places where such
outdoor speaking is dangerous to life,
limb or good order, is not in accord
ance with the spirit and intention Of
the constitution Of the United tSates.
Theoretically, it may be correct to
shall not be allowed in certain Sec
tions of the city, but when certain
bodies of citizens, such as the Saliva
ton army, feel aggrieved, they have
a right to make the most of their
grievance. 1t is always unfortunate
when official bodies clash with reform
and religious bodies. The Salvation
army has fought for free speech all
over the world, and its members have
gone to jail in almost every civilized
country. And, curiously enough, in
the long run they have always gained
their point.
It is regretable, however, that some
of the friends of the Salvation army
have been pleading the cause of that
organization on the ground at has ac-
complished much good" and, as an
institution, is excellent in intention
and purpose-all of which may be
heartily admitted, but has nothing
whatever to do with the question at
issue, which is the legality of public
speaking on public streets. The ap-
peal in behalf Of the army is likely
to bring about, by way of remedy,
legislation which will be instantly
pointed out and objected to as class
legislation.
If any amelioration Of present con-
ditions is brought about which ap-
plies to and relieves only the Saliva
ton army. especially designated, and
not also and equally, all other organ
izations which claim and undoubtedly
have a constitutional right to free
speech in the open air, then the ex-
ception made in favor of the army
will certainly merely be glaring case
Of class legislation. THE HERALD
STANDS NOW, AS IT EVER HAS
STOOD AND EVER WILL STAND,
FOR EQUAL CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS FOR ALL, SPECIAL PRIV
ILEGES FOR NONE.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
BANKING REFORM

TN view of the splendid bank guar
anty plank in the Democratic
Il platform and other indications
that the profession of banking,
which is connected so intimately with
the daily life of the people, in the
future will be more than ever an "in-
stitution," with all the rock-founded
stability that word suggests. the plan
of the comptroller of the currency for
the formation of eleven districts of
national banks Is even more interest
ing than it would be under ordinary
circumstances.
The plan contemplates the immediate
formation OF eleven districts of ma
tional bank depositors, with a chair
man who will preside over quarterly
meetings of all the examiners in each
of the districts and in intervals be-
tween such meetings will keep in touch
with the examiners of other districts.
From the reports of examiners the
chairman will compile reports to the
comptroller, designed to furnish in de-
tail list of the lines of the over
extended credits, large loans and
heavy borrowers, and in general, all
of the questionable or doubtful paper
which comes to the attention of the
examiners.
The cooperation of the districts with
the clearing house associations is also
a contemplated feature. This new
step in conjunction with guaranty Of
bank deposits will produce a revolu-
tion in banking-but not the usual
kind of revolution. The banking rev.
olution will make for conservatism
and will produce business confidence
and financial faith. The Democratic
platform says: I'VE pledge ourselves
to legislation under which the national
banks shall be required to establish
a guaranty fund for the prompt pay
ment of the depositors of any insol-
vent national bank, under an equitable
system which shall be available to all
state banking institutions wishing to
use it"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
ALBERT LEE STEPHENS

.W HE FAITHFUL work, great abil-
ity, splendid record and excellent
Il and thorough legal equipment OF
Judge Albert Lee Stephens should re-
ceive recognition from all his fellow
citizens, Independent of party, and
should secure his advancement as a
matter of public policy and for the best
interests of the community. The trend
of public opinion is distinctly in favor
of a non-partisan judiciary.
Judge Stephens is justly popular with
all classes of the community. The peo-
pie have already demonstrated their
faith in him, and they are satisfied it
was not misplaced and that he is thor
oughly worthy of public confidence and
support. His good work for the COM
munity and his excellent record entitle
him to ask and receive the support of
all citizens who appreciate RESPONSE
bility and integrity in officeholders. HIS
election to superior judgeship will be
for the best interests of the community,
and with his ability, his legal learning
and his experience he will be 81 valu-
able addition to the superior bench.
To those who have followed the
career of Judge Stephens there can be
no question that integrity, probity, fair
mindedness and disinterested devotion
to duty are his distinguishing charac-
teristics. He possesses in an eminent
degree the judicial temperament and
his tenure of Office could not fail to be
marked by the highest efficiency as well
as by answering integrity and con-
stant devotion to the community. On
the general plea of the best interests
of the public as well as on the special
pleas suggested by Judge Stephens
qualifications, The Herald takes
pleasure in recommending him earnestly
to the support not only of Democrats
but of all good citizens who have at
heart the best interests of the COM
munity and wish to see the right men
in the right places.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
BETTER TO DREAM JUSTICE
THAN TO APPLY AUTHORITY

Los ANGELES, Oct. 11.-[Editor
Herald: Mr.. Stone says that Thar
monious relationship" is "Utopian.'
Well. that gives me q key to the kind
of Socialism that he stands for. II
consistent, he must stand for the op-
posite Of harmonious relationship" 30
1t Is to be expected that he would ap-
prove of expulsion and excommunica-
tion Of people the party cannot control
in everything.
He says they "are not dreamers, but
a business-like party" That sounds
like Teddy's I'VE are practical raen."
Yes; and If consistently carried out
there will be no one left in the party
1t is better to be "dreamers" of jus
tice than appliers of authority.
Mr. Stone does not like voluntary
Socialism" If he is logical he must
like compulsory Socialism. Or does he
take the "wishy-washy" middle ground?
If consistent, he believes 1000 should
force their kind of Socialism on 900.
because being in the majority proves
they are right. He does not define the
kind of Socialism he believes in, nor
the word "Utopian," that Is used so
much by political Socialists.
The Milwaukee bunch calls all Social
lists that are not opportunists "Uto-
plans" The followers of Marx call all
others "Utopians." The materialistic
Socialists call the idealistic Socialists
"Utopian," and the free-thinking ones
call the Christian Socialists "Utopian."
The compulsory kind call the voluntary
kind "Utopian," and all of the modern
kinds call the ancient kinds "Utopian."
1t seems to be a handy name to use
when one runs out of ideas.
Out of twenty-five definitions of So
cialism taken from dictionaries and en-
cyclopedias-of which no two agree
the voluntary Socialist can get fully as
much consolation as can the political or
compulsory Socialist.
Mr.. Stone has told US who the owners
of the term Socialism are. Now II he
will tell us just what that Socialism
Is shall be much obliged.
G. T. SPREADING.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12

think it would be more reasonable to
protest against what our collectivist
friends, with what seems in this in
stance to be literal accuracy, call the
wage slavery" of minor children.
We have discussed several aspects OF
the child labor question. but here is
another.
Is 1t not a fact that in many in
stances children are sent to work
against their will, and are hired to
work unwillingly, and put to work un-
willingly? 1t is not natural for a lib
erty-loving child to leave the open air
and the sunshine in order to rush into
the grimy atmosphere of a factory or
seek the murky depths Of the mephitic
mine. The iniquity of child slavery is
therefore crowned by the awful fact 1t
is coercive, and the children are sold
into bondage, even as the babies at
Salida were sold to competitive bid
ders. And the latter transaction. which
is attracting attention and provoking
adverse comment, is in reality. much
less reprehensible than the former.
We will strain at gnats and swallow
blue-bOttleS.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
Coast Cities Combine for
Progress and Improvement

N HERE wi. assemble here, upon the
invitation of the San Francisco
= chamber of commerce. a confer
ence of representative business men
from all our sister cities OF the Pacific
coast. Our own commercial and in
dustrial community will give them q
most hearty welcome and take care
that they enjoy themselves while wkh
us. And we think that our chamber of
commerce knows how to give Its guests
good time.
But the conference is not for fun. but
for business. The intent is to organize
thoroughgoing teamwork among all the
Pacific coast cities for the promotion OF
Pacific coast interests as distinguished
from any local interest. Los Angeles
and Seattle and Portland and Spokane
and Oakland and San FRANCISCO all have
their own special interests, which each
will look out for as heretofore. But
there are other and greater interests
in which all are interested together.
Among these are accommodations for
a permanent fleet worthy of the Pa-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
Chancellor Day Is BeHeUef'
in Collegiate Football

to the growing inclination to permit
few picked individuals TO do the work
while the majority sit on benches and
shout encouragement. 1t is not sur
prising that elderly citizena' interest in
baseball and football should be mani
tested exclusively by roofing for their
favorites. but the young men at col
lege have not the same excuse for this
passive participation In sport. Gym
nasium exercise is compulsory In most
colleges nowadays, but the benefits to
be derived from 1t are not to be COM
pared with those accompanying foot
ball and other outdoor pastimes which
contain the feature OF competition, says
the San Jose Herald. In the great pub
lie schools OF England the boys ars
compelled to devote a certain number
Of hours each week to cricket and foot
ball in their season. This plan would
hardly work well in our colleges, but it
Is certainly desirable to encourage a
more general participation in outdoor
games. The advantages claimed for
them should be for the many and not
for the few.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12

cific ocean, which means navy yards
completely equipped at Mare island and
Bremerton; the Improvement of the
great waterways of the Columbia and
Sacramento; the establishment of a
coaling or naval station at San Diego
and somewhere in the north; the i'm
provement of the port of Los Angeles
and of all minor harbors from the Mex
lean to the Canadian border; the re-
clamation of swamp lands wherever
they exist in the Pacific coast states:
the development of irrigation projects
and in general whatever tends to build
up, settle Up and put to more profitable
use natural resources or opportunity in
extreme western America. Not the
least of these objects Is the opening up
of Alaska, nearly the whole area of
which Is still public property, says
the San Francisco Chronicle.
What is hoped for at this conference
is mutual acquaintance and the begin
ming of feeling of solidarity among all
Pacific coast interests and the creation
of an organization for promoting those
interests ct all times, at all places and
forever
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12

A vote for the right candidates for
supervisors will also be a vote for
righteousness. Democracy believes in
one form of protection. which it is illus
trating constantly. the protection of the
American idea and the American ideal.
While an ideal board may not be possi-
BILE It is comparatively easy to obtain
one that at any rate respects the Amer
lean idea. and refuses to form cliques
and associations and Solid Threes for
the purpose of demonstrating that
under certain conditions public office
may become means of private graft.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
THE PEOPLES NEED
BY CARLTON r.. FOsT

CzhItIIOI EU5IEH
Hark to the sound Of the distant rumble, n
Hark to the song OF a peoples need,
Hark to the cry OF the poor and humble,
Hark to the call OF a man to lead
Who shall be called to lead the nation,
Who shall destroy monopoly's reign,
Who shall condemn commercial imitation,
Who shall erase Republican stain?
Hail to a message Of honest endeavor,
Hail to the swell OF slncerity's ring,
Hail to the name of Bryan forever,
Hail to the party that plenty shall bring.
Hark to the roar Of the Democrat lion,
-, Hark to the words the lion has said,
Hark for the people have chosen Bill Bryan,
Harlz, through the jungle an elephants
ded
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12

The Democratic party. believing that
the people are aroused by the revela-
tions OF corruption in our government
by which the Southern Pacific political
machine and allied interests have
through the Republican party seized
the powers of the state, appeals to all
voters, irrespective of party, to demon
strate their manhood, independence and
patriotism by supporting the only party
which has in good faith undertaken to
restore to the people OF California the
government and control Of tho state Of
California.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12

Rarely has a Los Angeles congre-
cation enjoyed two such treats in one
evening as the multitude which gath
cred at Temple auditorium church last
night. The sermonette delivered by
DR.. Robert J. Burdette and the song
of the 1.-TWO Grenadiers," sung by
Robert Granger, were worth a long
journey. DR.. Burdette's talk on AN
Old War Song was brought to a close
by a brilliant peroration which was
a powerful plea for the ending OF all
wars. He came near the heart of the
whole awful problem when he said:
when the people of the nations know
each other better there will be no
more war;"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-12
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
JOHN w. KERN
AT THE THEATERS

AUDITORIUN-"The Man on the Box"
BELASCO-David Warfield In "The Music
Master"
BURBANK-"My Wife"
GRAND--'Tittle Johnny Jones'"
hIASON-"Hip, Hip, Hooray."
PEOPLE'S-NelsOn-G Cans fight pictures.
ORPEEUNI-Adyanced vaudeville.
Los ANGELES-Fashionable vaudeville.
EMPIRE-Vaudeyille.
TISCHER'S-"Get Me Baby"
UNIQUE-"The Hold-Up."