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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-02-18


tent in watching the. Mexicans on the
sand bar, asked someone sanding near
What are those men doing?" when
lady who was in the party replied:
They are cutting that sand bar up
into five-acre tracts to sell to home
seekers. "
The Machine Shops.-John Law
son, son of r. ]. Lawson, manager
of the Rio Grande Machine and Man
ufaeturing Company, is. expected to
arrive in the city tonight to take
position with the company. Mr.. Law
son is an experienced machinist and
will be a valuable assistant in the
shops The company has also Sc
cured the services of R. S. Wood
rome of Yoakum, an expert black
smith, who will report for duty in a
few days. About $1,000 worth of new
machinery viii be added to the outfit
of the plant in the near future, the
order for the new machinery having
already been placed, when the shops
will be prepared to turn out a class
of work that cannot be duplicated be-
tween here and Houston.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-02-18
Wanted to Rent.
FOR sALE-REAL EsEATE.

WANTED TO Second hand
gasoline engine engine 16 to 20 horse
power, Fairbanks Morse or any other
first class make. Address P. o. Box
141, Brownsville, Texas. 2-1S-2
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
CLAN LINCOLN

EMBERS of the Lincol family ir
wi Los Angeles held a meeting last
evening and made plans fol-
joining in the celebration of the one
hundredth anniversary Of the birth
OF the man who made the name OF
Lincoln great. 1t is not claimed bv the
local Lincolns that they are related to
Abraham Lincoln, but they may with
good reason claim fellow clanshin
What's in a name?'' More than mos;
people think.
Undoubtedly the Lincolns derive their
name and their family origin from Lin
colnshire, England.
Many American citizens AVE names
which may be found on the maps Of
England and Scotland-LincoIn. Dur-
ham, Leeds, Birmingham, London.
Stafford. Kent, Carlisle, Glasgow,
Sutherland, Lewis, Irvine, etc., etc., etc.
All bearers Of "place names" will glad
ly and willingly agree. that the mem
bers of the Lincoln family have a
right to be proud Of the Fact that they
wear the most illustrious of the place
names, that of one of the greatest
Americans and one of the greatest.
wisest and kindest human beings who
ever lived.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26

of the Pacific coast should become alive
to the necessity for action if America
is to retain her place in the Pacific.
The truth is, our nation cannot afford
to play second to any other in Pacific
waters. The United States must be
the predominant power Of the Pacific.
On that ocean, both in the merchant
marine and in the mercantile and the
naval service, the Star Spangled Ban
ner must be the principal flag: Uncle
sam MUST be the boss Of the Pacific.
TO allow japanese or other competi-
tors to steal the South American car
rylng trade from under our very
noses" were to confess that we were
maintaining a whimsical burlesuue on
commercial civilization. Nothing is
at present more important to the Unit
ed States than the protection of San
PEDRO harbor. But while welcoming
plans for the development and the
fortifcation of our seaport, let lis
bestow more than passing thoughts
on the necessity for straining every
nerve to establish and maintain Ameri-
can commercial supremacy in the west
ward and southwark of the far west
coast. Uncle Sam MUST be the boss
of the Pacific.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
BIRD-PROTECTION

MEASURE of protection which
N has nothing to do with sky
~ high tariff and does not belle its
name is the legislation proposed in or
der to save the meadow lark and other
California birds from annihilation. The
secretary of the Audubon society has
had bills introduced in senate and as
sembly the intent of which is to give
increased protection to the bird-inno-
cents whose cheerful little lives are
menaced by the unsportsmanlike lout
who if he should be condemned to
soul-transmigration after death would
certainly find himself reincarnated as a
butcher-bird.
The proposed law defines game birds
and provides that no plumage Of a
protected bird shall be sold or even
owned, whether the bird to which the
plumage belongs was killed in or out
Of the state. The destruction of nests
is likewise prohibited, and reckless
egg collectors will have to curb their
ambitions. The eggs of the protected
birds must not be taken from the nests
excepting for strictly scientific pur-
poses, and the collector must give sat
isfactory proof he needs the eggs for
scientific purposes and intends to use
them for scientific purposes, and not
for the purpose of completing his col
lection or for making money Certifi-
Gated scientific egg collectors will have
to renew their certificates annually It
is to be hoped the bills will be passed
without difficulty and without delay.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
SAYS HE FEELS INSECURE
ABOUT AQUEDUCT BONDS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24-LEdltor
Herald: I am a citizen of Los An
geles and as a taxpayer 1 voted FOR
the water bonds issued to pay for the
Owens river aqueduct; consequently !
feel naturally considerable anxiety re-
garding the expenditure of this great
amount of money and desire with other
taxpayers that the $2S, 100000 shall be
spent wisely, honestly and judiclously'
This will necessitate that representa-
tive men of acknowledged good cnar-
acter shall be eletced to places OF
trust in the various departments OF
the city which shall in any way nave
anything to do with the handling OF
this vast sum. 1t will not do to have
in these places any of the liquor
Doodle, political machine or such kind
Of persons as appears to be in the ad-
ministration as shown by your ac-
counts of apparent betrayal of trusts
by men in high office. We cannot trust
our millions in their hands.
Are we the people who voted for
that debt which must be paid Dy us
the people, and VINO VOJeQ THESE puOlI|
servants into office? They took an oath
to serve the people faithfully and to
protect the interests Of the public 10
the best of their ability. Now, what
do we find? The head official, as you
have shown in your journal, is in har-
mony with, affiliated with and run by
this great goddess octopus, the liquor
element and it's bosses, in Los Angeles.
Now I want to ask all good, honest
citizens and taxpayers, What are you
going to do about it? Please let me
hear from you through The Herald. l
have a proposition to make, as L feel
insecure regarding the expenditure of
the great amount of money involved
in the aqueduct proposition and good
roads. suggest we have an office Gre
ated in which an inspector, whose duty
it shall be to have an expert account
ant in his office and at the aqueduct,
shall be appointed or selected. He shall
report regularly every item of expense
for labor, supplies and m; -erial. He
shall have access to the books of the
commission and shall scrutinize all de-
mands for funds on the city treasury.
All bills shall be examined carefully,
and if approved by him he shall o *
them. r. w. TEEPLE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
NO QUESTION AS TO EFFECT,
BUT REMEDY is CRITICISED

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 21.-[Editcr Her
add: Your iterated and reiterated
query, rs vice protected in Los Ange-
les?' seems possible of but one answer
in view of the evidence submitted.
With the righteousness of your inquiry
and investigation every right-minded
clean-hearted man and woman must be
in perfect accord, but for your remedy
for the evil complained of there is am
PIE room for difference of opinion.
have no desire to rise in defense of
the municipal administration or the
individuals who may have profted by
the present situation in Los Angeles,
but it seems to me pertinent to inquire
whether vice is not inherent in the So
cial and industrial system under which
we live, and whether in the attempted
punishment of the individual offender
we are not attacking an effect and
leaving the cause unquestioned.
No man or woman engages in pro-
noting or fostering vice except in hope
and expectation of pecuniary profit
The line of demarkation between act
ual vice and orderly business, conduct
ed for profit, is so wavering and indis-
tinct as to be indistinguishable to the
student of economics. All vice has an
economic foundation. To the extent
that we lend our support to the mainte-
nance of the capitalist system Of con-
Quoting all human affairs for profit,
just to that extent do we share the
guilt of our fellows who have been
tempted and who have fallen. LEAD
us not into temptation is q divine in
junction which all Socialists are at
tempting to make effective by abolish
ing the source of vice and corruption
the system of capitalism.
JAMES BUCHANAN WHITE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
WIRELESS

TULES VERNE was never such a
back number as he is today, when
y civilization reads with wonder and
qualification the record Of the wireless
correspondence between the sinking
ship Republic and the French liner La
Lorraine. Says wireless of the Repub-
lie to wireless of La Lorraine: "I'm
on the job. Ship sinking, but will stick
to the end" Wireless Of La Lorraine
answers quickly:
KEEP COOL, OLD MAN; KEEP
COURAGE. WE'LL GET YOU OUT
OF THAT FIX IN A MOMENT.
Nj lily BLOWING OUR BOILERS
OFF. DOM TWENTY-FIVE
KNOTS"
The time is not far distant when
wireless communication between man
and man will be as easy as between
ship and ship; but first will come the
day when exploring expeditions will no
longer disappear from relationship with
mankind. The explorer Of the future
will be equipped with wireless trans
mitting instruments, and the news
papers from day to day will publish ac-
counts of his journey.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
REPRESENTATIVE
CITIZENS

NJ OTHING was further from the
v minds of those who correctly
= called the voters who attended
the meeting convened by the Municipal
league representative citizens than
the thought that there were not thou
sands of other citizens equally repre-
sentative. Our representative citizens
are voters who represent whatever is
best in citizenship. The overwhelming
majority of the representative citizens
of the United States work for wages,
and many of them wear overalls and
carry lunch pals. The chief locomo-
tive engineer of the New York Central
railroad, Nat Sawyer, also wore over
alls and carried lunch pail. His SAL
ary, we believe, was $4,000 per annum. ny
Salaries, clothes, occupation have
nothing to do with the quality of a
mans citizenship. Abe Lincoln, split
ting rails, as a human individual was
Identical with President Abraham Lin
coin, signing the emancipation procla-
nation. It i'll becomes any American
to talk of poverty or toll as ground for
NA0SA dEd1I1SI C1IlZGI1S WHO are
poor and who toll. Robert Burns ex-
pressed a great truth in the words:
The man of Independent mind
Is king of men; for a. that
Representative citizens are citizens
who represent all classes Of the COM
munfty. A representative citizen be-
lieves in the greatest good for the
greatest number, and the man who
represents the greatest number of citi-
zens is the most representative citizen.
We sincerely hope the representative
citizens who compose the electorate
will not become nauseated" with the
phrase representative citizen, as a cor
respondent intimates they may. There
is no better phrase. We admit it is
sometimes misused. We agree with our
correspondent that it is a wild absurd
ity to call persons who disregard the
sacred rights Of the constitution "rep-
resentative citizens" They are mis-
representative citizens. One of them is
in Los Angeles. His office at present is
in the city hall. We ask the represent
ative citizens of Los Angeles to unite
ir an effort to make this public official,
who is accused of being a misrepresent-
ative citizen, give an account of his
stewardship.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
PRICE OF DECENCY


-" HAT is the price of decency? Does
w anyone dare put price on it?
" Apparently. Before US lies a
circular entitled "Why the Recall?''
Part of it is in the form of question
and answer. The Harper Shorter
Cathechism is amusing as well as in
teresting, so we copy it respectfully,
without change Of jot or little:
"Malfeasance shown against Mayor
Harper? Absolutely none.
Damage to our city's reputation?
Inca1culable.
THE taxpayers burden: Necessary,
prospective charter election, $1,000;
school election (estimated), $4,000.
Unnecessary and absurd: Cost of
recall election (estimated), $4,000.
"Who pays the freight? The taxpay-
ers''
They does! They does!
Now, lodging the bIighting influence
of pro-Harper grammar, and resuming
our own, which is not revolutionary
but is sanctioned by custom, we would
ask the nature of the reasoning which
enables our frenzied friends to jump
at the conclusion that the cost of d
recall election is an unnecessary and
absurd investment on the part of the
taxpayers of Los Angeles?
When a patient is suffering from a
dangerous disease, he summons a doc
tor. In order to be on the safe side,
he summons the best physician, the
man who knows the latest and most
effective and reliable treatment or
remedy for the disease. When the doc
tor presents his bill, is the rescued pa
tient such a fool as to denounce the
expense as being unnecessary and alb
surd?
All cost must be estimated by it's
proportionate relation to other elements
in the case. If lawyer, by a few
hours, or a few minutes skill and work,
or simply by the possession of special
knowledge on which he is able to act
accurately and quickly, saves his eli
ent a vast sum of money, is the law
yer's bill to be challenged because that
skillful and learned man spent only 3
small portion of his actual time in MAX
ing an application of his skill and
| learning to his clients problem? To
compare the cost Of the charter elec-
tion and of the school election with
the estimated cost of the recall elec-
tion is sheer nonsense.
When compared with the wealth OF
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
HEARST'S OWNER

." HAT better confirmation could
wv there be of the belief that Will
liam Randolph Hearst is owned
body, boots and breeches by Hartman
than the fact that the local repre-
sentative of the Hearst Newspaper
Trust should rush to the rescue Of
the Hartman machine in Los Angeles I?
The recall will serve a double purpose
by not only removing a recreant off,
cial from office but exposing to the
world the fact that the Hearst papers
are ever against good government,
decency, good citizenship, good Ameri-
canism. They are pro-graft, pro-vice,
pro-brutality, pro-everything which IS
contrary to cleanliness, godli- :, vir-
tue, honor, honesty, integrity, respon-
.sibility, justice, goodness and truth
The people expected that when the
question of municipal purity and re-
form came up the Hearst paper would
be found supporting the interests and
influences which furnish it with the
spiciest and most sensational "stories. .
The Hearstlings have found that by
''standing in with dive keepers. pro-
prietors of gambling halls, owners OF
dens Of vice to which young girls are
1ured to their ruin, they can provide
thrilling reading to that small portion
of the community the embers of
which are agog for so-called "sensa-
tions' deliberately worked up for
the purpose of constructing plausible
yellow stories cooked up and served
in a yellow manner for the sake of
their yellowness.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26

the city, which is estimated at $780,
100000, the cost of the recall election.
which will be about $4,000, and not
$4,000, is infinitesimal. In three years
the board of public works will handle
about $20,000,000 of Owens river money
and $30,000,000 Of other city funds. In the
next few years s5O0O0,0O0 Of the peo-
pies money will be expended. To spend
$4,000 on the recall will be to invest
one five-thousandth part of $4,000. 900
for the protection of the total sum; and
besides that sum, in the immediate
future, to protect from the raiders
$500,000,000 of tempting, assailable
wealth. A business man who had to
protect his millions would spend much
more without any thought of extrava-
gance. The recall is a highly efficacious
form of insurance, and the cost of 1t
may be regarded as an insurance pre-
MUM. In comparison with the value
insured, the premium is small
The anti-Harper literature is anony-
nous. We hope to ascertain and pre-
sent to our readers the names of the
WI I1lICS WIZ SCSh Wy JuSSIllIS IS vi SS
to make it appear there is a prohibitive
price on decency in Los Angeles.
The Herald has shown that the recall
is constitutional; and is in accord and
harmony with the first principles of
Americanism. 1t seems to escape our
friends attention that America began
its Independent career with the some
what vehement, drastic and violent re-
call of a royal CRATER called George III.
The more we think over the matter
and the more we examine history, the
more howlingly and ignorantly ridi-
culous becomes the plea that American
precedent and governmental principle
do not sanction the recall. We do not
believe voters will be at all alarmed
by the anti-recall bugaboos which our
frenzied friends, the enemies of the
public, will jiggle distractedly from
their fortress windows from now until
the day of their ignominious surrender
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
SAYS HE is GLAD HERALD
COULD NOT BE BLUFFED

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13.-[Editor
Herald: I cannot refrain from eX-
pressing to you my appreciation of the
very thorough and heroic manner in
which The Herald has brought to the
attention of the people the. question
of Protected Vice." l said when suits
were filed against Mr.. Woolwine and
the Express that these cases would
never be allowed to come to trial. They
were intended only as bluffs to close
the mouths of those who were in a
position to expose existing municipal
rottenness.
am glad The Herald could not be
bluffed. 1t has done a service to the
city of incalculable value and has
made for itself a warm place in the
esteem and confidence of all law-abid-
ing citizens of whatever political faith.
No paper has ever done a better SER
vice for this city, and I am sure it's
painstaking and heroic attitude will
be recognized and rewc-ded by a grate-
full constituency.
Now it is up to the people. What
will they do? Yours for a clean admin
istration,
WILEY J. PHILLIPS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
NeW York Men Are Alarmed
over Suffrage Question

the nation, and which, if allowed to
entirely disappear will leave us strand
ed and confused, if not destroyed in
maelstrom of civilized savagery.
For is it not patent to all-are not
our magazines and newspapers full of
it-that offense in high places was
never so prevalent as now? And is it
not all due to the misuse of the ballot
in the hands of men? To this someone
may reply by asking: But have not
men voted the sale of liquor out of
half or more of the states of the
Union? Strangely enough, many men
seem to imagine that credit is due
them alone for this reformation, when
as a matter of fact it's success from the
beginning down to date has been al
most wholly due to the aggressive, in
telligent womanhood of the country.
Perhaps not a man in any Of the
states affected but had been canvassed
and importuned dozen times person.
ally by some good woman-if not his
wife or daughter perhaps some other
mans wife or daughter-not to speak
of mass of literature edited by Wo-
men and sent to him long before he
marked a dry" ballot, says the San
Jose Mercury.
Woman suffrage will be chiefly use
full in putting good men into office; in
breaking up those StrongholdS Of cor
ruption which politicians have organ
lied for their own gain and power; in
educating and preparing the body
polite to do its duty faithfully and
fearlessly, and leading the fight at the
polls for better morals, when some
great issue Of that character is pend
ing.
Surely no man will say that his wife
or daughter is too pure, too gentle, too
refined, to cooperate with other good
{v1+ ctr hat
and political conditions, even to the ex-
tent of marking her ballot at the polls
If the divine purpose of man is to do
good, surely it is equally the divine
purpose Of woman to stand by him, TO
do good in the same way.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
REASSURING REPORT

III RANCIS B. LOOMS, our most
habitual and persistent Office
u holder, who has never been tout
OF job for more than a few months
at time since 1897, is now commits
siOner general to the Japanese eXposi-
ton. Whatever may be Mr.. Loomis'
merits as diplomat, he is certainly a
clever interviewer, and his interview
with Count Komura, reported by the
Associated Press, is the best work per-
formed by Mr.. Loomis since he was
national political correspondent for the
United Press. According to Mr.. Loomis,
Count Komura said Japan's aspirations
were for peace and that his government
most heartily desired to preserve unim-
paired and unbroken the historic
friendship between Japan and the Unit
ed States
The authenticity and fidelity of Mr..
Loomis report of his interview with
Count Komura may be depended on,
and by making it public he has per-
formed real service to the United
States and to Japan.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-26
CHARTER AMENDMENTS

WEEK from today the charter
A amendments will be voted on. 1t
u is to be hoped the votes Of our
citizens will enable Los Angeles to
maintain control of it's seaport, San
Pedro; to elect councilmen "at large"
to nominate at direct primaries candi-
dates for all elective offices, and to
bring about consolidation with the re-
suit that Great Los Angeles will be
succeeded by Greater Los Angeles.
We renew our urgent request to our
readers to obtain copies of the amend
ments and to study them carefully.
This is critical period in the history
of the city, the future of which to q
very great extent will be Influenced or
determined by the charter amendments
adopted at the election. In view Of re-
cent events in Los Angeles municipal
history as we'll as of various disquiet-
ing occurrences in the history of other
municipalities, the Importance of pro-
posed charter amendment No. 4 is evil
dent. 1t provides for the direct nomi-
nation Of candidates for municipal Off
ces by electors, political parties and
c limitations of electors without con-
ventions, at elections to be known and
designated as primary elections. If
our citizens take advantage of this
opportunity to reform the methods
of nominating candidates, they will
break the power of the machine,
because, although the machine may,
and sometimes does, control nominat-
ing conventions, it cannot buy the
primaries. These charter amedments,
insofar as they relate to election
methods, will undoubtedly make for
the restoration of power to the people,
a restoration which is not only highly
desirable but MUST be effected if our
democratic institutions are to live.