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Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Why Two Vicious Amendments
Must Be Voted Down and out

business or political duties to perform.
1t Is a purely professional body, with
no duties to perform for which lay
man would be competent. But the pro-
posed amendment would destroy the
professional character of the board
entirely. 1t would place the certifi-
cation of high school teachers in the
hands of county boards of education,
none of whom are required to have,
and most of whom usually do not have,
high school, much less a university,
education. The composition. of the
board would include a business man
in other words, a politician-appointed
by the governor; representatives of
the rural schools and of the city
schools, elected (by school or book-ring
pblitics) at superintendents' conven-
tions; one representative of the four
polytechnic high schools, but no repre-
sentative of the two hundred regular
high schools; one Representative" not
necessarily qualified) from each uni
versity: and one representative" (also
not necessarily a professionally quail
fed mani selected by the normal
school presidents.
The present ex-officio arrangement
of the school board is not entirely per-
feet, since it gives too many votes to
the presidents of the normal schools,
but 1t is incomparably better than the
revolutionary one proposed. A vote
for the amendment is simply a vote to
set the wheels of educational progress
backward Vote it down.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

H HE two amendments which it is
most essential to defeat are the
Il two educational amendments, as
sembly s and assembly "a, which VIII
be the third and fourth in the last col
umn on the ballot These amendments
have been reported against by every
body. business or educational, which
has examined them. But here are the
reasons on which that presumption Is
based:
The first one, assembly s, provides
for the distribution of part of the
school funds to kindergartens and
night schools. AS the California state
Teachers association says of this IN
circular:
'This would result in the establish
ment of night schools where no neces-
sity exists for them. 1t would offer
encouragement to the employers OF
child labor, who could plead that the
attendance at night school fulfilled the
letter of the compulsory educational
law. The ultimate effect would be the
withdrawal of many children from the
day schools, where they rightfully be-
long. and a decrease In the revenues
of the day schools, to the injury of
every district in the state"
The other and much more important
amendment Is assembly "a, to reor-
ganize the state board of education, by
putting 1t on a political instead of
professional basis, says the Fresno Re
publican.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS

II EMOCRATS must regard it not
only as a patriotic but a personal
~ duty to support the Democratic
candidates for office. 1t is to the ad-
vantage of the nation, of the commun-
ity and of the individual to be well
governed. If there is a Solid Three in
the board of supervisors, whose fault
is it? When men are weak enough or
silly enough to yield to temptation, they
are Of course to be blamed, but no men
who are weak enough or silly enough
to yield to temptation should be chosen
for public office, especially for public
ice in which vast interests are at
stake and huge sums of money must
be handled.
1t is almost hopeless to expect a man
not well versed in the ways of the f1nan-
cial world to hold creditably position
in which expert financiering is one Of the
constant problems-sometimes of great
er and sometimes of lesser magnitude,
but always present. Citizens who give
official power to fellow citizens with
out qualifications for the positions to
which by their franchises they elevate
them, must, in a majority of cases, pay
the piper. Recent experiences with a
solid three on the board of supervisors
should make voters of all political opin-
ions resolve to unite in the effort to
prevent possibility of another solid
three on the board by electing the
Democratic candidates. Haddock, Wool
lacott and Schwamm.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
HEED THE RECORDS

~ ONE Of the local candidates ere
- condemned by their records. 1t
~ should be an easy task to choose
between good and evil by refusing to
support men with bad records. If a
candidate has acted in certain man
ner in response to a certain eombina-
tion of circumstances It is fair to infer
he will act in a similar manner In re-
sponse to a similar combination of cir
eumstances. Therefore we may well
believe legislative candidates who at
various times have interested them
selves actively for the furtheranee of
Railroad company will again promote
the plans OF that corporation should
the opportunity be offered. There is
nothing to indicate they have ex
perienced any change of heart or of
motive. Candidates named by the S.
P. machine are S. P. machine men. The
S. P. will not spend any of its money
to put any but Its friends in office. P.
A. Stanton is one of the best and most
faithful of the railroads. servants. His
Democratic opponent in the Seventy
first assembly district is George @. Mar
tin, who is well entitled to public sup
port and confidence. Stanton's record
includes the introduction of the in
famous assembly bill 997, to permit the
use of streets by street railway COM
panies for the purpose of carrying
freight. This sly measure was calcu-
lated to prepare the way for making
permanent the corrupt action of cor
poration boards, trustees and councils
in granting unpopular franchises for in
adequate considerations.
Reciprocal demurrage bill, proposed
by Mr.. Drew for the benefit of ship
pers, was returned from committee on
corporations with recommendation it
be NOT passed. and obediently, STAN
ton, Harmon, Leeds, Transue and
Pierce of the Los Angeles delegation
voted no." Similar instances could be
multiplied, and many have already been
cited and commented on by The Herald.
A railroad delegation in the legislature
is a. constant menace to public In
terests and popular rights.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
CLEAN AMATEURS

A MOVEMENT is on foot to elimin-
~ ate all traces of professionalism
"A from amateur athletics, and, as
The Herald expert phrases 1t. put the
whole game on a better basis" That
in financial returns is bad enough,
but that college and high school play
ers should have participated in Sun
day baseball games where a financial
consideration was at stake violates sew
eral Of the proprieties at one fell
blow. We hope current rumors may
turn out to be on a par with the re-
ports once circulated regarding Mark
Twain's DEATH which the genial Mark
himself declared were greatly exag-
gerated."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
TRIUMPHANT CLOSE

T Effective oratory and great en-
II, thusiasm marked the big demon
Ia stration which closed the local
Democratic campaign. Democrats OF
Los Angeles are "in their fighting
Clothes" and encouraging reports from
all over the country make them GER
tain they are working for the winners.
In the political history of Los An
geles and Southern California no series
of meetings has ever been held that
has been as brilliantly successful as
the series just closed, and for that rea-
son the campaign of 1908 will long be
remembered. Everybody was In earn
est. Democrats here, as elsewhere, be-
lieve in their cause, and believe in
their candidates. The cause represents
Americanism. The candidates are typi-
cal Americans, broad-minded, patriotic,
capable, energetic. trained in business,
and sympathetic with the people.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
ALBERT LEE STEPHENS

TT is highly desirable in the inter-
ests of good government, good
Il citizenship and good Americanism
that Judge Albert Lee Stephens should
be elected judge of the superior court.
He deserves the support Of Democrats
and Independent Republicans. He is
-eminently well qualified for the ju-
diciaI Office for which he is a candi-
date, and his election will conduce to
the public welfare by introducing into
the composition of the superior bench
a Democratic representation.
BY voting for Judge Stephens alone,
Democrats can make his election GER
tain, On the ballot beside Judge
Stephens name are the words. vote
for four" but this is not mandatory.
Democrats may vote for Judge Steph-
ems and for no other candidate for the
superior Judgeship, and if they follow
this rule Judge Stephens win be
elected.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
MUSIC

Spring plays upon a thousand Tyres
And from the magic strings
Arise the whole of earth's desires,
But ahi the melody expires
whenever summer sings
The woodwinds and the blazing brass,
The drums and bells prolong
The summers symphony
That all this glowing sound should pass
When autumn starts his song.
For autumn's voice is almost mute;
He only plays upon
A cello and wailing flute,
And sobbings of a mournful Lutte
Are heard ere he is gone.
Then winter enters with a glee,
And all the world Is stirred
With mrith and choral revelry,
The while the bass is loud and free
Until the spring Is heard.
But whether wild or grave or gay,
God renders them sublime
And thus in his mysterious way
The eyer-ehanging seasons play
The mighty fugue Of Time.
Louis Untermeyer in Appleton-s.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

Beyond doubt Mr.. Bryan will receive
almost the solid labor vote. There will
be no more of the generalship for which
Mark Hanna was distinguished. EN-
ployes will no longer be marched in
squads to the polling booths to vote the
Republican ticket. AS Mr.. Bryan has
said: ALREADY we have seen how prone
the monopolist is to make employment
dependent upon the willingness of the
employe to prostitute his ballot to the
service Of his corporate MASTER" There
must be no more Of this.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
FAITHLEsS STEWARDSHIP

~ NE of the members Of a family
possessing $500, 100000 lies dead in
" New York The imagination of a
philanthropist might revel in the con-
temptation of what such a sum Of
money could accomplish. An anti
poverty society, composed not of the
well-meaning enthusiasts like those
who were enlisted in the movement
started by Henry George and DR.. Nc
Glynn, but of women like the origina-
tor Of the -Four Hundred, could come
very near to solving the problem. We
think capitalists of great wealth, with
the advice of practical students of
economies, could become the saviors of
society, producing conditions by which
the original intention of the founders
of the United States could become
effective, and this would truly be a
land where happiness and prosperity
would be general among the masses of
the people, and where the bread line
would be unknown.
Evidently it is the faulty distribution
of employment which is to blame for
the distress of Lazarus on the door
step of feasting Dives. There is abun-
dance of capital in the United States
This is the richest country in the
world. But Uncle Sans vast fortune
is not being administered properly
otherwise there would be no distress
The greatest achievement of the dead
woman who has had to leave her share
Of $500, 100000 was singularly eharac-
teristic of the spirit of this sordid age
and was as far removed from Ameri-
canism as the north pole is from the
south. With the aid of a professional
imam about town" and bon vivan
named Ward McAllister she organized
what has been termed, not inaptly, {
society trust which became world
famous as 1.-THE Four Hundred" II
these days, when the wounds and mis-
cry of the social organization are az
Obvious as the sores of Lazarus. 1t II
saddening to think Of the opportunities
for good work which are being lost
neglected or spurned by needless stew
ards Of great fortunes.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

Republican attempts to make the
public believe a panic will follow the
election of Bryan and Kern have failed
as dismally as Republican attempts to
belittle the two magnificent American
mental giants who are the candidates
of the Democracy. The election of
Bryan and Kern will bring prosperous
conditions, because it will be a guar
antee that the day of the 1ooter is over
in the United States, that the rogues
will go out, and that honest men will
come into their own.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Political Points
New Conditions

The radical sentiment of the mid
die west has created new conditions un-
der which 1t has been necessary to wage
the campaign. Normal Republican ma
jorities have been challenged-in some
states imperiled. Mr.. Bryan has
solidified his party to greater extent
than 1t has been for twelve years. The
Republican party ranks have been
split by local and personal contentious.
A group of states normally Republican
by majorities from 10000 to 100000 have
been rendered doubtful. - Boston
Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

Use Los Angeles Herald as an expert
guide in arriving at a conclusion as
to which Of the amendments to vote
for and which to vote against. And
by all means vote against No. 8, re-
lating to public schools, and No. "a,
relating to the state board of educa-
tion. These should be voted down be-
cause they are a menace to education
in California They would hinder and
injure, not help and forward. the good
cause.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
OILY ODE

TT you're waken call me Oily, call me
Oily, mother dear,
Il For would see the sun rise upon
a glad new year.
I want to see protection for the great
petroleum graft.
1 want to see Jim Sherman win, and
likewise William Taft.
So they shall have my oil can, just to
oil the G. o. p,
And when the wheels are going round
they'll have a. thought for me,
And as they stroll at eventide upon the
White House lawn
They'll pluck the modest daisies to re-
mind them of old Jawn.
SO you must call me Oily, call me Oily,
mother dear,
I want to vote for Bill and Jim and an
other graftful year. ]. d. r.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
AT THE THEATERs

AUDTToRIUM-No performance tonight.
BELAsCO-'Tom Moore"
BURBANK-FIorence Stone in CLEOPATRA -
GRAND-'4Tbe Royal Chef''
MAsON-Dark.
PEOPLE's-"The Four Corners of the
Earth"
ORPHEUM-kdvaneed vaudeville.
Los ANGELEs-FashiOnable vaudeville.
EMPIRE-Vaudeville.
FTSCHER'S-"The NdiIlionairess."
UNIQUE-"Paid Back In His Own Coin ~
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
The State Press
Straw Vote

A poll of the forty men employed in
the construction of the high school
building at Tulare recently showed that
they would vote for president this
year as follows:> Bryan, 27; Taft. Z;
Watson, 5, and Debs, 1. This is the
way the laboring vote will go all over
the country, though in the eastern
states there is an Indication that Bryan
will make an even better showing
Visalia Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

According to the New York Tribune,
Mr.. Taft '1s not by taste, inclination or
training an orator" Neither is he by
taste, training or inclination a states
man. Neither is he by training fitted
for the presidency, although I've says he
has a taste for the position and has
certainly shown marked inclination for
1t. His presidential campaign began
when he resigned from the bench in
order to go to the Philippines.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

used his influence with the governor
of Pennsylvania to induce him to call
out the state troops, who with bayo-
nets and rifles ended not merely the
strike, but many of the strikers.
Shall the people rule? Not If Jawn
D. and Andrew c. can prevent 1t.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

Mischievous pranks on Halloween
are a modern, unnecessary and stupid
addition to it's observance. If the pre-
scribed rites for the witches night of
freedom are followed faithfully there
is enough fun without the destructive
horseplay which sometimes mars one
of the oldest celebrations of our race,
our half-pagan, half-Christian festival
of the dead.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Bryan FIattened Ted

Senator Rayner once said in the sem
ate that President Roosevelt is 80
unfortunately constituted that he can't
see a trap without fooling with the
spring." Several times during this
campaign he has meddled with trap
springs. 1t isn't so long since he in
vited controversy with Bryan and
then refused to continue the debate
when Bryan fattened him out with a
crushing reply.-San Francisco Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Something from NothInu

Nitrogen extracted from the air by
electricity is the best fertilizer in the
sworld. The process is being tried out
in Norway. According to the report
just issued by the company the total
production at their new works curing
the first three months of the current
year was 1859 tons of nitrate and u
tons of sodium nitrate.-San Jose Mer-
curry.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Empty Dinner Pail

When Mr.. Taft repeats his custom
airy promises of Republican prosperity
he should remember that for twelve
months hundreds of thousands of
workingmen have been studying the
Dingley tariff through the bottom of
an empty dinner pail. They do not
want to be assured, as Mr. Taft as
sured them in a speech out west, that
the tariff revision measure offered by
the Republicans next year is to be
mot too greatly in the interest of the
consumer,"-NeW York World.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
VIII Be soourqed

The "robber barons' that used to be
bastinadoed in every political cam
paign in this country are masquerading
under new name-the predatory in
terests." Under any other name the
'-nine-tails of political indignation
would. fall upon them just the same
Pasadena Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

Los Angeles bank clearings for Oc-
tober are nearly up to the best record.
Business is constantly improving.
Prospects have everything to encour-
age, nothing to discourage. Los An
geles is only in the early morning Of
her glory and prosperity.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

II the public had access to list Of all
the acts of favoritism to monopoly by
the Republican party in the last twelve
years the claim that the G. o. P, dis
countenances and would be willing to
correct such abuses would be scoffed
at. The Republican government has
favored not one but many monopolies,
great and small.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Good President

There is no reason to believe that Mr..
Bryan would prove an exception to the
rule. If elected to the presidency of
the United States he would certainly
do nothing that could create disturb
ance in Wall street, for he would not
wish to be classed as a panic maker
with his predecessor. Mr.. Roosevelt
New York Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

Next Sunday the entire nation will
unite in singing the Doxology. Quad
rennial presidential elections are all
right. Once in four years is often
enough.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
MANY Like Him

Jacob Terry of Modesto is a success
full farmer and business man. He has
been lifelong Republican and voted
for Lincoln for president and has voted
for every Republican candidate for
president since. Mr.. Terry is going to
vote for BryarH-Merced Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

Have you watched the countenances
of your Republican friends during the
progress of the campaign? How the
smiles fadedi
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Doodle Dee's on Wing

Wednesday evening last the mouths
of the local nimrods were watering
pretty freely. A big flock of wild geese
were passing over the city en- route
for their nights feeding grounds
Needles Eye.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
More Than Doubled

The registration in Los Angeles
county is practically 10O,0O0-6O,449 in
the city of Los Angeles and 39,017 in
the county. The registration has more
than doubled since 1902, when the total
was 49, 9,101.-Riverside Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
pemoeratio candldates

from principle will have no need to
wander from the second column of his
ballot on election day. Good men have
been nominated all along the line.-San
Benito Advance.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Tip to Ted

An Antwerp woman gave birth to six
sons in one year, three being born in
January and three the following De-
cember Washington papers please
copy.--Fresno Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
n Poser

More than 1900 workmen, more than
half of them voters, were thrown out
of employment, and most of them are
still waiting for their old Jobs. A ma
jority of them are Republicans. and
when they are exhorted to vote straight
next month, they frequently ask:
"Where is the full dinner pail?"-Buf-
falo Courier.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01

No more trust prosperity and ma
tional distress.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Automaton Taft

Morality Is not centered entirely in
Roosevelt or the sebaceous automaton
he has selected as his successor.-Cam-
den Citizen.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
soup House Prosperity

Prosperity under the Roosevelt
regime consists in the establishment of
soup houses in the big cities. Taft
prosperity means a continuation Of
the same. The people of the country
who want work and not free soup
houses will vote for Bryan.-Salt Lake
Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Not Needed

President Roosevelt says that he
does not believe he is needed in Pitts
burg. Inasmuch as they have "prain
storms enough in that city, it might
seem that he is quite right.-Seattle
Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Very Likely

The main plank in the platform Of
some of the independence partisans
may be the gradual demonetization Of
Mr.. Hearst.-Uncle Remus' Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-01
Not Even Date

An eastern contemporary wonders
what Hearst is up to. In the opinion
Of Mr.. Bryan he isn't up to much
Salt Lake Tribune.
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