Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-09
YELLOW CLAIMANT

OF yellow Journalism is its habit
of claiming everything. The
Hearst newspapers, which are the
most fragrant and notorious examples
of yellow journalism in the United
States, are famous offenders in this
regard. Nothing escapes their ex post
facto vigilance. They are always on
deck when the deed is done, ready to
ring a bell and shout mine was the
credit" If a Hearst man had been
within hail when Washington said: 81
did it with my little Ratchet" he would
have shouted: George, you know II
did it first with mine" If Hearst ed
1tors had been on earth when the ark
was built (and from time to time we
are tempted to think some of them
were, and have survived miraculously
even unto this day. they would have
turned to the diluvian patriarch after
the last tarry shingle was on the roof
and would have said: "Say, Noah, that
Nice piece of work, isn't it?' Nay, it
is fair to presume that if Hearst had
had a prototype even earlier in the
worlds story, that early yellow would
have broken the silence of the seventh
Gay rest by saying: "Well, the Exam
liner made neat job of the creation,
didn't it?'' Nothing is more iniquitous-
ly ridiculous than the local Hearst syn
dictate papers claim that it suggested,
brought about and so to speak person.
ally conducted the school bonds cleo
ton. The Herald appreciates the work
done by the Examiner, but why a pa
per which really did some good work
should spoil this record by claiming to
have originated the popular movement
in favor Of an extension of educational
facilities in Los Angeles is beyond COM
prehension.
1t is almost a year since The Herald
first began to call attention to the
paramount Importance of providing
ample and adequate accommodations
for the education of all the children
who came to Los Angeles. When The
Herald discovered and commented on
the most extraordinary state document
of modern times-the report Of the COM
mittee appointed to conduct an exam
ination into what was officially called
the elimination of children from the
public schools, by which elimination
the educational prestige Of the
United States was impaired and it
was reduced to fifth place among liter
ate nations-not another paper in Los
Angeles even dreamed of the import
ance Of the report, which was sup
pressed by the Republican politicians
almost as soon as its purport was ap-
preciated by the men whose policies it
damned.
About this time The Herald received
from an educational expert who had
made a careful study of the situation
statement to the effect that unless
abundant provision should be made for
the rapidly increasing number of school
children in Los Angeles, it would be
impossible to prevent an increase of
child labor in the community, for the
parents and employers alike would
have the excuse that it is better for
the children to be at work than to be
running about the streets, idle.
Our readers, who remember our series
of educational articles, beginning long
before the announcement of the bond
election and continuing down to date
our most recent contribution to prac-
teal pedagogy being an article on ode
formed" spelling-will share our sur
prise that any contemporary should
have overlooked the educational work
which The Herald has made a special
feature for almost a year, in the course
of which the advisability of a school
bond issue was suggested and discussed
in the most natural and sequential
manner.
At the eleventh hour, greatly to the
satisfaction of the educational editor of
The Herald, who welcomed its aid, the
Hearst paper came into the field. 1t
published an article on the school bonds
December 20, 1908, and another on De-
cember 80, and for the work it actually
did it is entitled to praise. We thank
the Examiner heartily for helping the
Herald in its fight for education and
square deal for the children