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Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25

ing that lifted them above their fellow
men. .ooY live
u,onoan what he means by his twice re-
neated sentence: ''This is as 1t should
be-? Does he mean this is as man
would have it? Well, granting Inat,
what then? Has he any more rlght 70
sneak for his sex than woman mas
to make laws to govern her sex? Why
does the gentleman individualize the
woman as a mediocre law-maker! Is
good or bad laws a. condition OF sex
Has he not seen fool laws enacteu py
the genus homo that had OF be re1ecteo
because long suffering people would
not be controlled by them!
Does he not know that intelligent ana
refined women have been confined IN
our city Jail because of one OF those
laws enacted in this city restricting
the right of free speech, granted by the
constitution under which the nation
was formed? What would L. X. q.
think of a woman who would rush INTO
print to say, relative to said law ana
its repeal, 'You see men are not mt TO
make laws; they are so busy making
money they don't care whether or not
a law is constitutional Let the gem
tIeman also bear in mind some OF the
men who now grace, or ratner uls-
grace, the senate chamber; the hlgnest
iaw-making body in the land. What or
that senile debauchee, Thomas c. Platt'
and others of his Tx? Snail we mol
yidualize. as T. K. G. says a woman al
WAYS does, and say "Such men are I'M
fit to make laws" or shall we generalize
in a manly fashion and declare, "Ali
men are bad and unfit to make laws to
govern others? No woman OF the
character / have mentioned would pc
tolerated in that law-making Dooy TOT
a single day. Men may patch ana COB
bic their mistakes at law-making, Dut
women would be expected to turn out
perfected decalogue the first time Try
ing. for If a man fails he fails as an
Individual: IL a woman fails sne 1alls
for her whole sex. ,,..,
Let T. K. G. give the matter ittle
real thought, instead of running ahead
Of the hounds by IMAGINATION ana ne
will realize that his sex does not pos
sess a monopoly of all the brains God
sent IL earth, even if his treatment of
woman has been to convince her that
ssShe was blessed with no more copy
of wit than to serve his humor thus.
The argument he uses reminds one OF
the story of the bootblack who said to
his boyish enemy, IT can heK you
I can make faces at your sister," Wo-
men are brainless in his estimation be-
cause he wants them served in that
stvle And he sends out the selfish
Thoughts of his sex TO meet other selfish
thoughts that say to all womankind:
IT will be your judge, jury and law
maker; you do not need to think; I will
look after the world; you look after
me-"
The woman has been obedient, and
only in recent years have awakened man
to realization of the fact that he
could not tell woman all she needed
to know; that she must use the brain
God has given her and think for her
self. If she is not clear and concise
reasoner to meet the arguments of
brainy men that have had much expert
ence the fact remains that she knows
cen most as much as some men"
MARION MARTIN.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
WOMAN sMARTLY RAPs BACK
AT sUFFRAeETTE DETRAcToR

LOS ANGELES, July 22.--[Editor
Herald: When 7. K. G.. undertakes
to put woman in her place by ruling
her out Of all claim to legislative ca
pacity, 1 think he makes a rather poor
show for "lordly'' wisdom and COM
prehensiveness of view.
He says that woman will sacrifice
the entire male species for the one
particular man on whom her heart Is
set. What about the men-the States
man, the financial genius" the Elm
dustrial organizer" ETC., of whom our
newspapers are seldom without an ex-
ample--who sacrifice career, reputa-
ton and family honor and well-being
on the alter of infatuation for some
strange" woman? 7. K. G. should
avoid such two-edged talk.
He cites Mrs. Humphrey Wards let
ter in the London Times, purporting
to show that the suffragette movement
in this country has broken down
through inefficiency. Now Mrs. Ward
is q talented woman, but she is not
strong ON social science, and 1t would
be more to T. X. G.'s purpose If she
could have told the Times readers
something of failure of British suf-
fragettes. She could not, because their
propaganda Is having a stupendous
success, which gives the lie to any
suggestion that failure (if any on
this side is attributable to inefficiency
due to sex.
In the fable, when the little apples
cried so boastfully: "How we apples
swim!" 1t was presently found that
their buoyancy was due to rottenness
at the core. But at least they did
swim, whereas our heaven-sent legis-
lators only founder. And seeing the
deplorable muddle they have got us
into, I am simply astounded at the
hardihood, as well as the lack of hui
NOR displayed by r. X. G. and his like
when they dare to draw Ito womans
Disadvantage complacent COMPARE
sons between their own proved short
comings and the (almost wholly hy-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
REPUBLICAN DIssENSIoN

TN HIS determination to proceed
with the prosecution of the Stand
Il ard OIL case, President Roosevelt
undoubtedly has the sympathy and sup
port of all decent Republicans, who
feel that in his endeavor to enforce
the law of the land a conscientious
Judge met with rebuff which was
hardly consistent with a policy of
square deal and fair DEAL Far be it
from us to argue with the august per-
sonages who reversed Judge Lands,
and thereby succeeded in putting the
Republican party In hole. But speak
ing as plain American citizens, we
should think the principal controllers
of the oil trust, the real, bona f1de
owners, were as responsible to the
American public in one state as in an
other. Incidentally, the forcefulness
of one OF the principal arguments
leveled against trusts and the trust
system has been proved. 1t has been
urged that in addition to its other
features, a trust is an elaborate device
for lodging responsibility and evading
by seemingly lawful processes the con-
sequences Of its own lawbreaking. We
have absolutely no patience with that
wing Of the Republican party which
seems determined to uphold and de-
fend notorious law breakers. even
though in taking this stand 1t opposes
Rooseveltism and the Republican adj
ministration. We are not picayune
enough to take delight in the division
Of the Republican party over Ameri-
canism in actual practice, IN CON-
DITION, NOT IN THEORY; at the
same, time we cannot close our eyes to
the fact that this division does exist.
that dissension In the national Repub-
Jean ranks can hardly be averted or
avoided. and that the chances for the
success OF the Democratic party.
pledged to an enforcement of the law
and a revival Of the first principles OF
Americanisn. are most excellent
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
DOG CATCHER MUST GO

LIVERY citizen should sign the petit
n ton asking for an immediate abo-
= lition of the present dog tax law,
which, with its official dog catcher, has
been proven brutal, barbarous and a
disgrace to any city laying claim to
civilization. Under the Pasadena sys-
tenn, which has been adopted in New
York and other great cities, the owner
of an unlicensed dog is punished; not
the dog. A common sense law would
make the employment Of a professional
dog catcher unnecessary, and citizens
would not be exposed to the possibility
of witnessing a shameful scene ike
that which disgraced the streets OF Los
Angeles yesterday, when Mortified spec
tators saw a refined, delicate Los Ange-
les woman struggling in the grasp OF a
brutal, cowardly dog catcher, who was
insisting on forcibly taking from her
licensed animal valued at several hum
dred dollars. The dog catcher persisted
In his attempts, despite the fact that
there were several license tags on the
dogs collar, showing the collie had
more than once paid Tor his tooIlnS,
and was entitled to protection. The
dogs owner tried to call the attention
of the dog catcher to the tags, but the
man was too intent on making his cap
ture to give heed to any kind Of expos
tulation excepting, perhaps, the KIND
which might have been applied with a
rawhide. The time has come when the
dog catcher MUST go. We have talked
about this long enough, and nothing
has resulted excepting more talk, and
perhaps another disgraceful struggle
between dog catcher and dog owner.
Yesterdays exhibition should be the
last. We must have no more dog catch
ing on the streets of Los Angeles. The
dog catcher must Col
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
ADVOCATES EMPLOYMENT OF
VOTERS ON THE "GooD ROADS"

LOS ANGELES, July 24.-[Editor
Herald; Every citizen and taxpayer in
Los Angeles county and all Southern
California-nature's natural garden
spot-should be in favor of good roads
and believe will vote solidly in favor
of this much needed measure
If we had an assurance that in no
single case would any but voter be
employed on the work, from first to
finish. the result would be unanimous.
Charity begins at home, and with
thousands of our own people thrown
out of work by the large corporations,
as a menace to corral their votes in
the coming presidential election, this
seems fit time to return to reason and
fittingly recognize our own people, who
are always with us and who only can
be depended upon in sunshine and in
war-something we should always be
prepared for in republic that boasts
that 1t is not surrounded by bristling
bayonets in times of peace.
VETERAN CITIZEN.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
OLD AGE PENSIONS

M HE American working man can no
longer truthfully say he is
better cared for than any 9TH
er in the world. The working
men of two other English-speak-
ing countries are better treated than
those of the United States. Starv-
alton has been abolished in New Zea-
land, which, strange to say, remains
orderly and civilized. In spite of the
fact that its entire population is in
sured against hunger and is immune
from death by starvation, New Zealand
is quiet, well behaved, peaceful little
nation. Who ever heard of a riot in
New Zealand? Who ever heard of
troops being called out to suppress
strikers in New Zealand? Who ever
heard of citizens of New Zealand being
STATIONS against poverty? And now
they are about to try one of the great
New Zealand experiments in the United
Kingdom-the islands of Great Britain
and ireland. The old age pension plan
will be in operation before our next
president is inaugurated. The British
have learned 1t is as much of a dis
grace for a nation to let its poor old
citizens suffer from want and neglect,
merely because they are poor and old
and can no longer work for meager
wages, as It is for a rich family to al
low poor relations to die in the gutter.
The United Kingdom and the United
States are the two wealthiest countries
in the world-nay, the two richest of
which there is any record in history.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Campaign Fund Publicity Is
Sign of Zeal for Honesty

visors in San Francisco. Never before
was public opinion so stiff and siren
uous as to all this as now. Time was
and not so long ago, when all I'M
portant public officials from the presi-
dent down to mayor and councilmen'
including even the judges OF the nlgner
courts, had their pockets full or ran
road passes. Why should railroad
give a pass to a member of the legls-
lature or to the judge of court? Is
1t out of love and affection? This Is
absurd.
The railroad expected to have bust
ness in the legislature, and cases be-
fore the Judge. That Is the reason.
It does not necessarily follow that
these men were consciously corrupt,
or that they believed they We're being
bribed to keep an unfriendly hand Off
and place a friendly hand on the cor
noration. Certainly not. But why
were they given the pass? The rail-
road people knew human nature, and
they felt safer in the legislature ana
before the court If they knew that
they had been liberal with such cour-
tesies. They may have been wrong
but that is the way they felt. In Eng
land. and we believe in most European
countries. If a public official, most of
ali a Judge, should be found with q
pass In his pocket he would be utterly
ruined. and almost certainly sent to
the penitentiary.
All this is now forbidden by law, law
enacted in response to overwhelming
public sentiment. We hail all these
things as most cheering signs OF the
rising tide of civic righteousness.
II is our belief that while the coming
campaign will cost great osai o.
money it will cost less dishonest
money less money given and spent
for corrupt purposes than any similar
Campaign probably in our history;
Certainly for a great many years; ana
tkis refornn will not go backward.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25

TNVERY dollar used in our presiden-
H tial campaign must be publicly
- and explicitly accounted for
whence 1t came and whittier 1t went;
who gave it and who spent 1t and
what for. And further, not one dime
shall be received from any company
corporation or other institution doing
business for the public and specially
interested in legislation. This is per-
emptorily forbidden. II the law does
not cover the case, public opinion does,
and this is so resolute and so powerful
that no candidate and no party dare
resist It, All parties and all pubic
men are marching with the pano-
wagon while this tune Is being played.
Each of the leading candidates Tor the
presidency is eagerly trying 10 con-
vince the public that he was the nrst
to propose and press this Demand says
the San Jose Mercury.
OF course a great political canvass
costs money, and presidential cam
paign costs a great deal OF money;
costs 1t legitimately and lnevltaDly.
Manv hundreds of thousands of dollars
NAV be spent In the coming campaign
and not a dollar of it corruptiy. why,
then, should there be any secrecy apo4s
it? Why not complete publicity! II
a man gives money or expends II IN
an honest causes and for an nonest
nurpose. why should he insist on doing
It surreptitiously and in the dark?
Particularly when the cause and the
purpose SO vitality concern the entire
public?
Then. why should a great corpora
+ion be permitted to contribute IN
secret, or to contribute at All, a Vass
sum to help a particular canuluaee %
nartv? Why should 1t wish to DO so!
TTbere is but one answer-it is seeking
either to propitiate or to conciliate; to
keep from being hurt or to win favor ,,1o |:
It is simply another form of what was
dome with the late board of super
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
THE DISAPPOINTED BOY

I wish 1 had been born a girl,
A pretty girl. like sister is
With hair that 1 could keep in curl,
With hair that could daily frizz
Coz then. when fellers come to call,
I'd simply have to sigh Jes' so;
And wish to go to some swell ball
Then sure enough I'd go.
II / was born attractive, like
My sister Is. and had her ways;
I would not have my pa to strike
For money to go to the plays.
Coz when a Teller called on me
I'd simply talk about the show,
An mention one I'd like to see
Then sure enough I'd go.
If I could wear a trailing dress.
Like sister does an peekabooss.
For candy I'd not beg. I guess.
I'd always get the kind I choose.
I'd make a date with some nice man.
Like sister does. with lots Of rocks;
Then meet him at the front door. an
Sure enough ia get box.
If I'd been born a girl like sis,
To circuses and things I'd 20;
An not a party would miss.
So long as I could get beau;
Then afterward I'd heave sigh.
An mention some cafe know.
Where they keep dandy apple pie
An sure enough I'd go.
wish wasn't born a boy.
Coz boys for everything must pay;
There's nobody that counts 1t JOY
To take a kid to some cafe.
1t makes no difference how sigh.
An wish that / could see show:
Though twenty men were standing by
Nobody says Lets CO."
There's no one wants to pay my fare,
An no one comes to call on ms
or asks to TAX eme anywhere.
An there's so much I'd like to SEQ.
l wish wasn't born a boy.
For boys don't ever stand show;
There Is so much could enjoy.
II only was asked to go.
Detroit Free Press
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
SUPPORTS HERALD's STATEMENT
REGARDING LABOR CONDITIONS

LOS ANGELES, July 24.-[Editor
Herald; Before becoming a citizen of
California 1 lived in the south, and I
am familiar with Industrial conditions
in nearly all the states of that section,
and wish to say that your reply in
today's Herald to Cosmopolitan" is
correct in every particular. Before
New England capital, piled UP by the
robber tariff, sought investment in the
south child labor was unknown, and it
Is being regulated now.
Cosmopolitan" seems to be igno-
rant alike of southern conditions and
history, as he ascribes the quotation,
1.-THE world is my country, my religion
Is to do right" to Patrick Henry;
whereas any student of history should
know that the famous patriot and ag-
nostic, Thomas Paine, is the author
of it. J. w. ANSLEY.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25

"vox populi, vox DEL" said the old
proverb. The translation must be
odious to our more-Republican Repub-
lican friends. 1t Isl Popular clamor is
the voice of God" And isn't that
fact? Hasn't it been shown over and
over again in the history of this free
and free-spoken nation?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25

Sweden is celebrating the hundred
and hftieth anniversary of it's first
polar expedition. Probably the first
expedition was as successful as any.
The north pole has never been reached
by the overland route. An airstAp.
however, may get there"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Taft's Dilemma

Judge Taft, having been deposited in
cavity, as Professor Everett ex-
pressed 1t, or put in hole, in the Ian
guage of the less learned and polite,
by the meaningless humble of the Re-
publican platform on the injunction
question, will attempt to pull the wool
over the eyes of organized labor in his
speech of acceptance and the letter
which is to be issued some weeks later.
Salt Lake Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25

Said the level-headed insurance
agent: 81 wouldn't issue an accident
policy to the Republican party this
year at any premium, nor even If was
told it was fireproof."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25

If the Republican pachyderm can
survive the ordeal Of boiling oil, Stand
ard oil heated by public indignation,
then its hide is much thicker than that
of the usual elephant. We guess the
Republican G. o. p. elephant must be
armor plated.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Old Crib" Nervous

Mr.. Bryan is obviously stronger as
a vote getter than Judge Parker was
in 1904, or than any other Democratic
nominee would be this year, who owed
his selection to conservative influences.
Republicans will do well not to con-
slider the campaign of 1908 a walkover.
New York Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Political Points
Fool Erlends

In constructing his apologize for
Mr.. Tafts friends are pur-
suing the tactics of the criminal law
yer who gets off his client by showing
that he is a weakling, an imbecile, an
epileptic and drug fiend.-New York
Evening Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25

Who leaked Standard oil? And was
he let in on the s4O,oOo,0OO deal which
followed? Instead of hunting big game
in British Africa, Theodore Roosevelt
after the end of his term should remain
in the American United States and as
sist in some extra big hunting which
might be arranged without much
trouhlQ
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25

An angry sire played ghost in order
to scafe away the undesirable sutton of
a darling daughter. The sutton was un-
dismayed. He hammered the ghost
until it yelled for mercy. Scientific re-
search has played havoc with the
spook business and with superstitious
fears.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Secret Service

OF course the Republican, party did
not pass publicity bill. OF course it
never will Such an act would be sui
eide. The Republican party has lived
in the past on these secret campaign
contributions and it will die when they
are MISUNDERSTANDING Times
Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Only Fair Plan

If the corporations want to put up
Doodle fund to help the Republican
party this year, as they have done in
every campaign for the past twenty
five years, they might easily do so
through individual members of the cor
porations. Mr.. Bryan's publicity plan
Is the only fair and honest one that
has been suggested looking to the
elimination Of Doodle fund.-Merced
Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
The ublic Letter Box

Letters intended for publication must be
accompanied by the name and address OF
the writer The Herald gives the widest
latitude to correspondents, but assumes no
for their views Letters
should not exceed 200 words
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25

Fairbanks and the prince of Wales
must have had an enthusiastic meeting
and greeting. Cocktail Charlie and
Brandy George. WhoopeeI
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Rivalry

Possibly Mr.. Roosevelt will have the
Republican convention reconvened for
the purpose of outdoing the Bryan
Observation-Disclosures Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
State Press Echoes
They Should

In other words, Republican voters
should eradicate all underground rail-
road influences from the legislature
and the party administration in general
in this state.-Pasadena Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Boom for PepsIn

In addition to the quick lunch habit
the cold dinner infection is causing
good many enterprising men to take
more interest in the pepsin Market
Long Beach Telegram.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Republican lnslnoerlty

1t is up to the voters to give these
promises enough attention to see how
empty and insincere they are and then
to form their estimate of the men who
make them.-Bakersfield Echo.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Warnlna to RenuhIlcans

He that oppresseth the poor to in
crease his riches, and he that giveth
to the rich, shall surely come to want.
22:16.-St. Louis Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
JOHN w. KERN

Herald subscribers intending to leave the
city for the summer months kindly notify
the circulation department, and we will
send The Herald to your new address and
change the address as often desired.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Seeing Doubts

The Prohibitionists say they will poll
a million votes this year and the San
Bernardino Sun suggests that they
must have taken something that makes
them see double.-San Diego Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Regardless

Congressman Richmond Pearson
Hobson seems determined to have a
war with Japan. regardless of the
wishes of both countries.-Orange
County Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Awful

There may be doubt in some minds
about the correctness of the claim
that the iron market is g. good index
of business conditions, but it will
not be strengthened by observation
of the fact that the pig iron produce
ton in June was 81 per cent less than
in June, 1907.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Now we see what the pesky Demo-
cratic platform has done.-Madera
Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Big Sum for Labor

Out of the $S5Oo.0OO bond issue for
good roads In Los Angeles county, pro-
vlded it carries, about 80 per cent will
be expended for labor. This will APP
proximate nearly $4,000, 0OO.-San Ber-
nardino Index.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-25
Touching Devotion

art, Nelson and Cans, are displaying a
devotion to their profession that is
touching-to the pockets of the dear
public. Their devotion will not fade
away so long as the great American
public is willing to pay all sorts of alb
surd sums to see them jab solar plex-
uses and smash noses.-Sacramento
Union.