Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-27
Affidavit Is Sworn to by
Lelande
HEALY AND H0UGHT0N ARE
EXPOSED
ANATHEMA HURLED AT MACHINE
CANDIDATES
Damning Evidence Read by Thomas
Lee WooIwne at Good Govern
ment Meeting Arouses Peo-
ple's Indignation
WTALTER +. PARKER, Re-
wv publican-Southern Pacific

Wv PuDllCdII-OOulnern Hac1tlc
W boss, dictator of the nomi-
nations of Smith and the 9th
ers on the machine city ticket,
was unmasked and openly ac.
cused the offering a $1,000 bribe,
when Thomas Lee Woolwine,
former deputy district attorney,
read an affidavit signed by Harry
J. Lelande, city clerk, to a Coco
Government meeting last night in
Stone hall, First street and CHI
cagO avenue.
But Boss Parker was not the
only one held up to the fierce
scrutiny of the people as betray.
ers of the peoples trusts. Some
who have posed as ruggedly hon
est and who have sought votes
for that supposed rugged hon
esty, were shown as betrayers OF
the people, not once but manv
times, but especially in connec-
ton with the notorious river bed
franchise deal
Barney Healy and doc"
Houghton were connected with
that attempted steal-Healy by
his first and second votes of aye
and Houghton by his first vote OF
"no" and the changing of that
vote to AYE"
Theodore Summerland also was
connected with the odious affair,
and the speaker declared thai
! Summerland's present position OF,
the railroad commission has come
as a promotion. a recognition for
services rendered in the past.
Audience Aroused
As Mr. Lelande's affidavit was read
! the audience, totally unprepafed loT
! the bomb that was to burst, nrst TOOK
/ mild Interest As the damning evil
dence piled up the listeners moved for
ward on their chairs, tense ana Dfeatn~
| less. scarcely able to believe their ears
! And when at last the words, Ihere
$1,000 in it FOR you If you will sign that
| ordinance" rang out clear the audience
! There was determination written on
every face when the speaker hdd
| hed-determination to end machine
rule i'm Los Angeles and prevent the
possibility of a recurrence OF such
shameful procedure. Judging from the
remarks made by the audience, II
there has been. needed any stroke to
break the machine, any light to send
the supporters of the machine scurry-
! ing to cover, the affidavit has accom-
plished its purpose.
Mr.. Woolwine did not use pyrotech-
nical oratory. He had facts ana ne
presented them without passion. When
he entered the hall, rather late, he was
greeted with applause. During the
course of his remarks Mr.. WoolWlne
said:
Says Take the Medicine
CT have been told that there arc
friends of some of the men l am going
to hit hard sitting in this audience to-
night. If there are such here l say TO
you to take your medincine gracefully
1t may be bitter, but 1t will do good.
I'VE have waited thirty years or more
for regulation of corporations in Cali
fornia, and we are still without 1t. We
have elected men to public office who
have betrayed the people at every op-
portunity, sometimes in an outright
steal and sometimes by fake legisla-
ton We are getting these fellows out
of office as fast as we can. We nave
been made to suffer, but we have not
suffered in vain. 1t takes suffering to
educate the people. They must be hit
hard must have their eyes opened
wide, before they know they are hurt
and before they will believe their eyes.
"The law says that the district attor-
ney shall prosecute every case of unjust
discrimination or illegality on the part
of the railroads brought to the atten-
ton of the district attorney by the COM
mission. Whoever heard of a district
attorney prosecuting the railroads upon
the motion of the California railroad
commission? Nobody! Why? Because
the railroads own the railroad commis-
sion.
Need Honesty and Ability
"Take politics out of city affairs.
Let the people have a business admin
istration. Party lines should be oblit-
Grated in city government. am
Democrat My father was a Confed-
crate soldier but am working for and
will cast my vote for a G. A. r. Re-
publican. There is but one thing [
ask-is a man honest and has he
ability? That is all that is necessary
in a city officer. Is he honest and Is
he capable?
"It is not only up in Sacramento that
they betray the people. Right here In
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