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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-03-07
THE HERALD'S CAMPAIGN

N EXT best thing to having effected
reform is to incite others to
- pursue courses that will surely
bring about reform. The Herald is
every day receiving evidence that its
campaign for constitutionalism and
Americanism is enlisting new forces.
America is the best country in the
world when it lives up to its declared
intentions or even when it makes a
conscientious attempt to live up to
them. When it allows reverence for
wealth. or awe of machine-made politi-
cal power or worship of those who sit
in the seats of the mighty or any other
form of cringe or of cowardice to in
terfere with its manliness and it's sound
judgment it is untrue to itself; and a
conscientious study of history shows
that in every instance in which the
United States has temporarily ADAM
doned first principles or has been I'M
true to them mischief has been the I'M
mediate consequence, and some kind Of
distress or disaster has come crowd
ing behind the mischief. Is it not a
the country has not yet recovered from
the effects of it's first blunder when.
overawed by the fact that many of the
wealthiest and best" citizens owned
negro slaves, it declared the birth
freedom and the equality of ALL men
land continued to allow TO land owners
and cotton planters the privilege" Of
owning fellow men? You may dodge
the lightning's bolt or step aside and
unscathed behold the avalanche crash
by. but you cannot get out of the way
of the operation Of the immutable law
of cause and consequence. Nations,
like men, do not take time to pause
and count the consequences. That is
why they have to reckon with them
when least prepared Il
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CLEAR. CRISP AND CLEAN
THE RED FLAG
FOB HARRIMAN's speech at tn,

FOB HARRIMAN'S speech at the
Simpson auditorium free speech
- meeting was altogether too free'
Mr.. Hartman said that our forefathers
in the days of the American revolu-
tionary war fought under the red flag.
This is incorrect. They fought flrsl
under a combination flag composed of
stripes with the British union jack Ill
the corner Then, on the inspiration
Of Betsy Ross and her friends, the
crosses of st. George and st. Andrew
we're torn out and the stars were sewn
in by Betsy herself, who made the pat
tern for the good old American flag,
which, enlarged to denote our national
expansion, we still use. Some of the
revolutionists also used the pine tree
flag, with that tree for an emblem,
and there was a rattlesnake flag with
the warning motto: Don't tread or
met" The red flag was never thought
of. But, even granting that Mr.. Harri-
mans incorrect statement had been
founded on fact, it is unhappily true
Llldl lllS Itu AltS ildp pGtiA ~ hiS6 GNNN
by reckless and bloodthrsty supporters
that it has forfeited all claim to re-
srectaoility. Mr. Hartman made an
other misstatement when he said that
the church and church influences are
against free speech, or that they sup
rort laws interfering with it. If there
has been any institution in the world
that has from first to last stood for
and maintained the right of freemen
to free speech it has been the church.
IT was a bitter quarrel with govern
rental authorities in Britain over this
very subject, the right of free speech,
that brought to the shores of New Eng
land the Pilgrim fathers. members of a
dissenting or free speech church that
has insisted on the right of it's min
listers to deliver addresses and preach
sermons, even although it was not "by
law established" Mr. Hartman and
all Incorporate takers who allow their
Tnisinformed prejudice to outrun their
discretion do their cause harm, not
good.
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w. ]. Colville. writing in the Maui
titus, has treated with appreciation,
without ridicule or aspersion and in
the spirit in which it ought to be
treated, what he calls advanced
thought movements in Los Angeles. -
Perhaps a better title would have been
THE Advanced Thought Movement in
Los Angeles" because in our humble
opinion all the new beliefs, expert
ments or theories, as we'll as all the
vital revivals of old beliefs, are ascrib-
able to a revival of the habit of think
ing. If you seek for an explanation
of that revival you may find it lin the
suggestion that it is the reactionary
protest of the spiritual law in the
natural world against the useful but,
if unrestrained, deadly materialism
which is responsible for our modern
financial business and social troubles.
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ADMIRAL PAREeoRIc

o I'm the Medico-Admirell.
And l rule the big Navee.
Whenever the ocean gins 20 swell,
Or kick up a nervous sea,
l give 1t dose Of castor oil
Done up in a big fat pill;
And all of the beastly mad turmoil
Is calm as a mountain rill
When out in the brny wet ] go,
And meet with an arctic blast
That covers with ice and sieety snow
The main and the mizzen mast
/ give the vessel a gingerade
To keep her quite free from chiiis,
And soak her keel in a mixture made
OF caraway seeds and squiils
Whenever my good ships springs leak
By giving her nose bump.
l pipe the crew with my siren squeak
To handle the stomach pump;
And when the water is baied away.
As dry as big bass drum.
/ stop the hole with tourniquet
And plaster of capsicum.
In case of war with old Japan
I'll wallop the foe on sight,
For 1 have a strictly novel plan
For winning a naval fight
III load all my guns with capsules nlled
with gallons OF opiates,
Which fred by marksmen brave and skilled
The foeman asphyxiates.
And when he's thoroughly etherized'
And lying around In heaps
I'll board the vessels I've thus surprised
And while the enemy sleeps.
with my trusty knife I'll operate
In fashion both skilled and neat
And both of his legs I'll amputate
Thus cutting off his retreat
So here's to the good ship Epicac,
And here's to her Admlrelli
The finest bottle-ship in the pack
'Twixt York and Los Angel!
With her druggist mate and her clinic crew.
What better old craft than she
TO lead the cruise through the damp and
ooze
OF the deep and surgeon sea
John X Bangs in Harper's Weekly
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Los ANGELES HERAID SATURDAY MORNINGS MARCH Z. 1908

social action in order to assure the
greatest good for the greatest number
and demonstrate theoretical American
ism in practical life.
All these political creeds, be 1t OBJ
served, are positive. They aim at the
accomplishment of results. They know
the nature of the results aimed at.
With this clearly in mind 1t is easier to
appreciate anarchy, which in every
respect and aspect is NEGATIVE. 1t
proposes nothing. 1t denies everything.
Socialism has been called by its enc
mics an altruistfc angelic dream. An
archy is selfish. dlabolical nightmare.
To confuse socialism with anarchy
shows an anarchical state of mind on
this subject. The confusion is due to
prejudice, malice or Grass ignorance.
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OF WORLDWIDE INTEREST
THE GREAT NATIONAL SNAPSHOT |
BY FREDERIC J. HAskIN

each inhabitant scheduled which aver
ages cent higher than in the last CEN
sus. They will get from 20 to 80 cents
for each farm scheduled. 10 cents for
each enclosure of live stock. 20 to 30
cents for each productive industry. and
In the sparsely settled communities,
where such pay would be inadequate, a
per diem allowance of from SO to Sc
will be made In this connection 1t is
interesting that no city In the country
has ever complained of an overcount
on the part of the federal census, but
dozens OF them have complained of un-
dercounts.
With all the advantages that the d.
rector will have in the taking of the
thirteenth census, he has an Immense
undertaking before him. 1t requires
about $4,000 quarto pages to record the
results of single census. More than
an average OF two carloads of material
will have to be sent to the field every
day for two months to supply the Gem
sus takers with the necessary blanks.
Last time more than 100 tons of regis
tered mail was forwarded TO the men
IN the field.
The United States blazed the pathway
of the nations in the matter OF q CEN
sus. 1t is true that the fathers when
they built the good ship of state, never
dreamed of a census covering SO many
subjects as ours now covers, but for the
purpose OF ascertaining the represen-
tation to all to the different states In
the house of representatives they or
dained a decennial census. The re-
suits of the first census may have been
rather crude from our present stand
point--it cost only ,377 where one now
costs $4,000, 000-but 1t led other ma
tons TO follow suit. England and
France took their first census in 1901.
The world wondered when the results
OF the twelfth census were published.
They showed a growth i'm every line of
business unprecedented in the history
CT this or any other nation. They
showed that Uncle Sam had been taxi
ing such long strides of progress that
no other nation could keep the pace.
but If the Inquiries already made on
the rfrst five years OF the time the
thirteenth census will cover are an in
ncx, we may judge that even the re-
suits of the 1900 enumeration will be
left far behind. 1t is estimated that
The population viii be over %. 900, 600.
The value of the output of the factories
of the country nearly doubled in that
five years. How much more the In
crease will be can only be surmised.
The national wealth has increased at
an unprecedented rate. In 1890 it
amounted to sos. 200, 100000; in 1900 i.
was shown to be sSS,O0o, O00, 900; in 1904
II was S107. 000,0o0,000. In other words,
1t increased $4,000, 600 from 1890 10
leC0 and 9,000,000.000 from 1900 To 1904.
Every thing else has grown apaee. II
ever the good cid American eagle has
an opportunity to scream himself
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Daily Naval Report

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Navy in
formation issued today is as follows;
No more midshipmen will be per-
mitted by the navy department to re-.
sign in order to enter the army until
they have completed the two years
sea cruise following graduation.
Secretary Metcalf has responded 10
an inquiry from the house committee
on naval affairs with the statement
that he favors no additional appropria-
ton for Port Royal, New Orleans, san
Juan and Culebra naval stations.
The present class at the naval med
ical schools will graduate on March 81
Lectures and instruction will be con-
cluded March II.
Captain Charles ]. Badger, superiD-
tendent of the naval academy, has APP
piled for the command of the Virginia.
His request will probably be complied
with. There is much regret in the navy
department that Captain Badger is not
to continue longer on duty at the head
of the naval academy.
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DEMOCRATIC PROGRAM

TIME Nebraska Democratic platform
is an expression of the political
n sentiments and forecast OF the
program of William j. Bryan. 1t is in
favor of securing full American rights
to all and special privileges to none.
In pursuance of this, all the provisions
of the platform are harmoniously pro-
sressive. 1t calls for immediate revis-
len of the tariff for a system of emer-'
gency currency issued and controlled
by the federal government, denounces
private monopolies, advocates election
of senators by direct vote, expresses
opposition to Asiatic immigration and
gives Endorsement of the eight-hour
law. And yet there is one thing lacking.
IL the Nebraska platform there, should
have been. in the national Democratic
platform there must be. a plank con-
demning in unmeasured terms CHILD
crse may be alleged In apology for this
unnatural and un-American outrage
l.pon the immature and helpless portion
oe our population. In view of the fact
that the present Republican govern
ment has issued a monograph giving
statistics concerning the elimination Of
children from the public schools, De-
rsocracy should assert in most positive
terms it's condemnation of greed for
gain and of the system which. in min
isIering to this greed. has ROBBED
TWO MILLION AMERICAN BOYS
KIGHT-A COMPLETE PUBLIC
SCHOOL EDUCATION.
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ROOSEVELT'S WARNING

president ROoSEyELT'S de.
mand for the conservation of the
= country's natural resources Is
attracting widespread public attention
and support His conference with
the governors of the states on this sub
ject will be of momentous importance.
So prodigal and spendthrift have the
citizens of the United States been in
the past so utterly oblivious or reck-
less of the admonitions, Waste not,
want not" and ''Wnlful waste makes
woeful want" that at the present rate
OF consumption the timber supply of
the country will be exhausted in three
decades, the coal resources within a
century and our productive agricultural
area win be so narrowed by reason OF
urban growth and the ravages of ma
ture, which is taking a savage revenge
fol forest waste by washing away
every year in flooded rivers a BILLION
TONS of valuable.' arabic soil, that the
United States land area will not be
able to support a population which.
unchecked by war or plague, will have
increased as amazingly as the re-
sources necessary for the support and
sustenance of that population will have
decreased. The cynical may find D
crumb of consolation in the fact that.
nan who proposes trust 100 years
hence will probably be bathed in boil
ing oil, while the multibillionaire, by
an entirely natural process, will have
been eliminated from the scheme OF
society
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VICTORY OF THE PRESS

NOLLIER'S excellent weekly says
I the exposures of Southern Pacific
rebating have worked the mira
Gle of arousing the state railroad COM
missioners of California to at least an
appearance of activity" Golfers is
published a long way from the Pacific
coast, so we must forgive the editor
for overlooking the fact that the Los
Angeles Herald discovered the consti-
tutional clause under which the prose-
conducted. Only by most persistent eff
fort ON the part of the Los Angeles
Herald, followed by the Los Angeles
Express then by the San Francisco
Bulletin and the San Francisco Call
and later by other state papers. were
the commissioners and the attorney
general aroused to a sense of their
duty In the matter. and apparently to
a realization of the fact that the law
for the execution of which they were
responsible brought the offenders with
in their reach. Let us hope the work
of the commissioners will not justly
Golfers statement. Let them by their
actions send back east the message
that sometimes appearances are not
decetful, that this is one of the times,
and that the commissioners not only
appear to be" but ARE active and
sincere.
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THE HEARSTOCRACY

TN HE Hearstocrats are oiling and adj
justing their machine. The in
- spirer and almoner of the Inde-
pendence league is preparing for his
quadrennial assault on the executive
mansion. This time he will dip deeply
into the barrel and munitions of war
shall not be lacking. The platform of
the Hearstocracy is sublimely simple.
II is merely HEARST. That is much
easier to remember than long-winded
declarations of principles. 1.-THE star
spangled banner. May MY boom ne'er
burst in the land of the free and the
home of the Hearst. Hurrah for Hearst,
for life, liberty and the pursuit of the
presidency" Such is the Hearst slogan
"Dinna we hear it,"
Influences are being brought to bear
on the laird of Skibo to induce him
to write a sequel to Triumphant DEM
ocracy" If the plans gang not agley
it is to be labeled triumphant Hearst
ocracy.'
Hearst is the only editor who can
write I'VE" without making a conces-
sion to a conventionality. because he
Is literally I'VE" There Is one Hearst
in New York, a second in San Fran
cisco, a third in Los Angeles, fourth
in Chicago, fifth in Boston, and there
are morning Hearsts and midday
Hearsts and evening Hearsts and extra
Hearsts and superfluous Hearsts. The
whole country is overrun with them.
1t is no wonder that fears of a paper
famine have been entertained. Every
where the breezes blow they ~hisk
remnants of Hearst sheets in the faces
of irate pedestrians. The surprising
Hearst purse has been a wonder
worker. 1t has created new industry.
the manufacture of tons upon tons
upon tons of Hearst reading matter.
The Hearstocracy reasserts the claim
of the Hearst papers and their syndi-
Gated news service and Sunday 'sups"
to existence. Once more they may take
hold upon the curiosity of the public,
some of whom will be anxious to know
what the owner of the Americans and
Examiners intends to do with our
country when at last he gets it to play
with. What. OH, what may not be the
fate in store for Uncle Sam when
Hearst clothes him in color more
pronounced than khaki! But let's
cheer up After all he won't get the
chance. Let us wish a joyous career
of activity to the Hearstocracy. 1t will
add to the gayety of the nation.
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THE FLOWER BED BORDER

If you have planted any beds or
borders of spring blooming bulbs, they
should now have attention. AS soon
as the snow goes, remove, at intervals
of several days, portions of the cover
ing. until all Is taken off within the
space of a week. and clean up the sur
faces of the beds and borders, being
very careful not to injure any OF the
tender tips of the stalks which may
now be coming through the soil The
snowdrops will be the first to appear.
followed closely by the crocus, the
scylla, the early tulips and the mar
cissi. In spite OF all precautions you
may have taken I'm the way Of secur-r
ing your bulbs from the most reliable
dealers, there is likely to be a va
cancy here and there where they failed
to terminate. In such cases, fiji them
in from those which you have been
growing In pots, a few of which should
be held back this month in the dark
for this purpose. in order that the
beds and borders may not have a
ragged appearance.-The March House
keeper.
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The German spy arrested in New
York should be detained until he has
made a clean breast of it and has con-
fessed how many Of his kind are en-
ployed in explosive and projectlle fac
tories in the United States. Unfor-
tunately for apologists for Germany's
recent attitude toward this country,
there is little doubt that the man ar
rested was trying to sell to the kaiser
a patented United States projectllc.
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Encouragements for sIuegard

The warning of DR.. Savary of Paris
against sudden rising will strike a
sympathetic chord in every sluggard.
But is there not common sense in his
statement that the strenuous business
man who bolts out of bed to his bath
tub the moment he opens his eyes rem
ders himself liable to a number OF all
ments 2" Among these ailments DR..
Savary includes madness, which is a
question over which alienists may
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There is hope for old Captain Van
Schaick of the General Slocum. who
has begun to serve a ten years term
in Sing Sing, while the persons re-
sponslble for the wretchedly made
quate equipment of the burned steam
ship are at liberty. The American AS
ISOLATION of Masters. Mates and Pilots
has been circulating a petition to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. 1t has already been
signed by 4O4, 900 citizens.
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Blow to speIIlna Reform

bated at Andover Mass, leaves 100000
to the treasurer of the town of Andover
in trust for the purpose of providing
prizes for the annual old-fashioned
spelling matches 1t is provided that
the matches shall take place in pub
lie hall there. the contestants being
between 10 and IS years old, the old
fashioned method of choosing up" to
be used. Prizes of $40, IS and 81 are to
be awarded yearly to the three who
are the last to be spelled down. -
Downey Dispatch.
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HOMEMADE CREAM PuFFs

Set saucepan containing one cupfui
of boiling water and one-half cupful of
butter over the fire. and when the mix
ture boils sift in one cupful of -four and
beat vigorously while cooking. When
the mixture cleaves from the sides of
the pan, turn into bowl and beat in
three eggs If large. or four IL small, one
at time and very thoroughly. The
mixture is now ready for baking1 If one
owns a pastry bag with tube an inch
in diameter force the batter onto but
tered baking sheet in balls about two
inches in diameter. If the bag and
tube are not owned the mixture can be
put on the baking sheet by spoonfuls
Brush over the tops with a little beaten
egg, diluted with milk before putting
into the oven, then bake about twenty
FIVE minutes, with heat strongest at the
bottom When baked and cold open at
one side and fill with custard or
whipped cream as preferred and
dust the tops with fine sugor.-The
March Housekeeper.
-
Bill-Heres Wall street item which
says the ticker must go.
Jill (feeling in his watch pocket)--
Well, my 'ticker's' been gone for the
past three weeks!--Yonkers Statesman.
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A WakefuI Corpse

While attempting to board Port
Costa train at Vallejo Junction VIM
cent Finney was thrown over the en-
bankment and rendered unconscious.
When he was picked up 1t was thought
he was dead. He was placed on the
train at Martinez. The rumbling of
the train reused him and he pulled the
sheet off his head and sat up, frighten'
ing the train crew. He is much better
and viii soon be able to be out.
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ONE RESOLUTION

WHAT BOB SAID;
"a new year is about TO dawn,
'Tis almost now in sight,
What resolution will you make,
TO start the year Alright"
WHAT BILL SAID:
II gave up all that sort Of thing
Quite early in my life;
But still that resolution game
Is kept up by my wife.
II saw her In a store. today
There's something in the air
For she was very much eTlgrossed
with certain kinds Of hair.
YOU know she's now real brunette
OF black hair l am fond
But / believe that she's resolved
Next year 10 be a blonde"
--Yonkcrs Statesman.
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Truth About OpposItlon

To give Republicans an opportunity
of organized opposition to organize corr
ruption in the state of California the
Lincoln-R Roosevelt Republican league
was launched Its object is to wrest
the party organization from the con-
troll and manipulation of q rascally
ring. To oppose the movement is to
stand by the political ring.-Pasadena
Daily News.
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rs PA r K SM]
MN FRor1 A n ~
" NLHVE WIRE Il
HeartIess Wretches consplre

Peck--If they are going to charge &C"
cording to the size this year can see
were we're going to get stung good ana
hard on this Easter bonnet business
Beck-I think we can flag that game
If we start now.
Peek-Kick in quick. The whole
world waits.
Beck-Circulate the rumor as one not
from the Paris cable that the younger
the woman the smaller the hat.
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But What's the Use?

Gov. Hughes literary bureau seems
to have been doing some rather good
work in getting his name before the
country. Articles on him, his life and
ways, appear in many of the leading
magazines for March and In this way he
will be talked about by a greater or
less majority of the S0.000,000 people of
this country.-San Diego Evening Tele-
gram.