Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26

| added opportunities has taken on
| added RESPONSIBILITIES and dangers.
| The nations of the world Wateh US
with jealous eyes. Japan mas not TOT
| given us as a nation for our tfiend-
ship with Russia, and it is only a
! question of time when we will be re-
| preached for our advances. The time
is coming when 1t will be found po-
litical and economic necessity TO lay
firm hands on the warning nations or
Central America and to gain posses
sion and control of the Gulf of Mexico
and its contiguous territory.
Urges Military Training
I'VE as a nation have a great repug-
nance for q large standing army and
this is justifiable. But while we are
! educating our youth in the precepts of
peace may we not profitably teach
them something of the theory and
practice of war-that we may the bet
ter in time of disturbance defend the
wealth of our cities and the tempting
riches of our unprotected shores? 1t
may be the military spirit is danger
| Gus, but think not. If our men were
educated to the horrors and hardships
of war; might they not the more studi-
ousIy avoid it, and might there not
1 in our very preparedness be the
! first element of avoiding hasty hos
tility?"
In conclusion the speaker brought
a message of hope and good cheer
| from the Democracy Of Nebraska, as
surlng the club members that in any
| fight, whether led by a Nebraskan or
| by some other chieftain, the entire
forces of the party in his state will be
found in the van. At the close of his
speech, as an answer to the statement
that Mr.. Bryan, In Democratic poll
eies and movements, is no longer a
factor, he told the story of the man
who awoke at night to find a ghost
seated on the foot of his. bed.
THE frightened man left the room,"
said the speaker, taking with him
most of the bed clothes and all of the
window sash. He ran until he was ex-
hausted, sat down on a log and turned
there. gasping for breath, to find the
ghost sitting beside him.
Going Still Good
Well said the spirit, in ghastly
tones, I'VE went some, didn't we?'
Yes gasped the man in his night
clothes. Yes, we did. And as soon as
can get my breath we're going to
| go some more.'"
Judge George Church of Fresno
county superior court was called upon
and spoke extemporaneously, declar-
| ing his faith in the eventual victory
of Democracy, because of the cardinal
! principle of American manhood that
no tyranny will be quietly endured for
an indefinite period.
A vote of thanks was rendered each
speaker by the club and also by ris-
| ing vote the members asked General
Hartigan on his return to his home
state to convey in person to Mr.. Bryan
| the message from the club, that he Is
still gratefully remembered and that
! his principles are still adhered to in
the Southern California party.
Secretary Henry NJ Mcdonald moved
a resolution on the death of Governor
John A. Johnson of Minnesota. In Of
fering the resolution Mr.. Mcdonald
said:
Few are the men whose deaths have
caused greater grief than has that Of
Governor Johnson. This depth Of sor-
row is the measure of our esteem for
the man-an esteem generated and de-
veloped by his qualities of greatness.
He possessed a perseverance and a
! courage which surmounted humble
ness of birth, hardship of poverty, and
meagerness of education.
Pre-emlnent Among Men
"He was controlled by a sense of
such inhexible honesty that no offer
| of pecuniary gain nor proffer of pre-
| ferment, no allurement of ease or pleas
ure could swerve him from the prac-
tice of the strictest integrity. The
possession, in great strength, of these
qualities of perseverance, courage and
integrity, coupled with unusual intel
ligence and marked personal amiabil-
ity, rendered him pre-eminent among
men.
"Can you not see him, a weaver at
the loom of life, as he throws the shut
tie of action back and forth through
the warp and woof of environment and
occurrence, yet ever carrying forward
with his weaving, like spendid color
ings, the magnificent qualities of his
character, so that when the All Pow
erful One checked the loom of earthly
existence the resultant of the weaver S
work was not an ill-made fragment,
but a completed and beauteous tapes
try-a great, benehcent, noble lifeI
The resolutions were as follows:
"Resolved, that the Jefferson club,
having learned with deep sorrow and
profound regret of the death Of that
able, wise, upright and patriotic chief
executive of the state of Minnesota,
Governor John A. johnson, hereby ex-
presses its recognition of the inestima-
BILE loss sustained through his death by
the Democratic party, the state of
Minnesota and the entire country, and
"Be 1t further resolved, that the Jef-
ferson club extends the sincere SYM
pathy of it's members to the bereaved
family of Governor Johnson"
The Independent Political club will
give a banquet at its headquarters to-
| morrow evening to further the adyo-
cacy of Israel Margolis for the city
council. The managers Of George A.
Smiths campaign attempted yesterday
to cut under DR.. J. W. Jones by max
ing a bid for $50 tickets to the ban
| quet. At a late hour last night the
| executive committee of the club was
| still pondering over the proposition.
Three members of the Liberal AL
| lance drew up resolutions yesterday
! indorsing w. c. Mushet for mayor with
/ the following statement: Whereas, by
! eleeting w. G. Mushet mayor of the
J city Of Los Angeles we feel that every
public and private interest will be given
| Just and equitable consideration. and
| the personal liberty of our citizens
will not be unnecessarily interfered
with nor intolerable restrictions placed
on the personal conveniences of the
public"
The pointers around machine head
| quarters are that Don McGarvin will
| not be allowed to withdraw, but will
| succeed himself on general orders from
| Southern Pacific political headquarters
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