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Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
ADVOCATUS RUMPI

N AN article defending the proposed
rump convention our Republican
II morning contemporary, the rumr
advocate, says the anti-primaries con
vention will not be a convention of
the classes against the masses. 1t will
not be convention of the chivalry
against the shovelry.'
Evidently there is a Burchard on
the editorial staff of our contemporary.
In this community of free, independ-
ent, intelligent. citizens, who are the
chivalry?
And who are the 'shovelry?"
What is the exact meaning of the
silly, punning, coined word "shovelry ?"
Is it not a contemptuous, disgraceful
ru-np way of saying ''the wage
earners?"
The nominating convention will be
held. The date has been announced.
The s. P. bosses, having made their
plans, propose to carry them out. They
are as headstrong as the Tories of sew
enty-six, and as needless of conse-
quenees.
They have made up their minds the
people are not fit to choose their own
candidates at the primaries. The ma
chine, forsooth, must select the candi-
dates for candidature, and then at the
primaries the citizens must vote for
the .ndidates for candidature selected
by the machine
What a grotesqueN propositioni
What roaring farce!
What a mockery of common decency!
And what a disgrace it would be to
Greater Los Angeles if the people, hav-
ing decided the primaries system of
selecting candidates for office was a
sane, Just, modern method, likely to be
productive OF the best results, should
suffer the machine mountebanks to
make our city ridiculous in the eyes
of North American civilization!
The people will not consent to a dis
honest, sneaking, humbugging, Quixotic
evasion OF the methods adopted by a
majority of citizens for the purpose of
obtaining meritorious, free, American
candidates for important political Of
fees to replace the gangsters, shysters,
tricksters, dodgers and buffers foisted
on the public by the S. P. machine at
it's farcical, cut and dried con
ventions."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
SCHOOL SITUATION

~ UPERINTENDENT MOORE'S
forecast of what will happen In
~ the public schools provokes
dignation against the peeyish meddlers
who, in order to crafty unpatriotic
malice, tied up the school funds by a
quibbling and unnecessary lawsuit
Mr.. Moore makes announcement: "In
spite of the best efforts of the board
of education, the schools of Los An
geles viii be more overcrowded this
year than ever before. This condition
will be relieved as soon as the money
voted for school purposes some months
ago is released. This delay was unnec-
essary and the action which promoted
1t was dictated by pure maleyolence.
Those who should be protected, the
helpless children, must now suffer be-
cause of the acts Of certain enemies of
the people"
Until now, Los Angeles has enjoyed
the we'll deserved reputation of being a
city which made laudable endeavor to
cope with a school situation produced
by a constant and unprecedented in
crease in population. What shall be
said of the foes of our city who would
destroy this reputation in order to fat
ten a malicious private grudge?
PAHl Their offense smells to high
heaven. and is a stencil in the nostrils
OF all honest men
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
EDWARD HARTMAN

II H. HARTMAN was more Sc
! II verely criticised than any mod
= ern American. Perhaps that was
because he allowed some Of his plans
to become known, but refused to take
the public into his confidence with
regard to the execution OF these
plans. As the people OF the United
States feel that. after all, every busl-
ness is dependent on the good will of
! the people and the only hope of the
permanence of the republic Or any
business conducted In It is popular
good will, they resent the policies
of men who use this good will for the
purpose of obtaining industrial or po-
litical power or accumulating dishonest
fortunes.
Mr.. Harriman's Vanderbiltian attitude
toward citizens of the United States
who inquired-and had a right to In
quire-what his plans were and what
was the meaning of the Hartman
ization Of railroads was frequently re-
sented by the inquirers, who character
lied his conduct and policies as un-
fAAAAClANesiis anu lOItlEn 10 Iue SDlIlI
and intent of the first principles
Of Americanism and the Constitution
of the United States.
This resentment was shared and at
times voiced with no uncertain sound
by Theodore Roosevelt; so by many
citizens the Roosevelt policies and
the Hartman policies have come to
be regarded as the two extremes of
business method" in the United States.
Mr. Hartman represented a type that
in business and in politics believes the
end justifies the means. And there
is no doubt many of the men who hold
this belief hold it sincerely and ac-
cording to their lights are thoroughly
honest, earnest and well-meaning.
Mr.. Hartman was playing game, "
and as he could see the end he was
aiming at was impervious to criticism.
he was hailed by Socialist as one of
their best friends. They said after the
"Harrimanization" of the railroads of
the North American continent had been
accomplished, "socialization'' would be
comparatively easy.
On the other hand, the ''imperial- |
lists" of the business world hailed Har-
riman as one Of the greatest capital |
istic constructionists of the age. To
them, he represented at once the sue
cess of policies which they had |
persuaded themselves were for the ulti- |
mate good of the nation, and justi- |
fcation OF the means adopted to at
tain business ends on a titanic scale. |
Theodore Roosevelt did not share this |
view, and his Characterization of busi-
ness men of the Hartman type never
will be forgotten.
In private life, Hartman was one
Of the most agreeable of mortals. He
was a companionable, lovable man, and
his intimate friends never tired of
singing his praises. To them the Harri-
man of the caricaturists and the edi-
torial critics did not exist. To them
he was always ED, the little giant |
with the big heart" And it is pleas
ant to realize the Hartman the public |
did not know was, in character, dis |
position and action the very opposite |
Of the Hartman the public did know.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
PROTESTS AGAINST READING
OF BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7-[Editor
Heraldl Today's Herald contains an
account of meeting of the Methodist
ministers of Los Angeles, the object Of
which was to create public sentiment
in favor of introducing Bible reading
into our public schools.
Now, I wish to offer my most vigor-
Gus protest against any such unfair
tactics. This sham is too thin to be
misunderstood by an intelligent people
in this day and time. It's the same old
scheme to force "our religion" on this
people, whether they will or no. another
attempt to wed state and church, a
condition which is distinctly denied by
our constitution.
Furthermore, if these gentlemen
vented to give a square DEAL" why
don't they take excerpts from all the
religions and Bibles, Korans, etc? No,
they are afraid to do that, for the in
quiring mind would soon ask which re-
ligion and which God. Give the chill
dren something they are interested in.
Give them a better knowledge of ma
ture and life in it's physical and OBJ
jective forms; these they can see and
touch and hear and smell, and grad
ually they will learn that morality and
ethics are inherent in nature and are
therefore scientific, and they will ex-
pand their reason instead of stunting
1t with canned" moral precepts and
"beliefs' that are not supported by the
laws Of life.
On the other hand, there are many
passages in "the musty old book" that
are indecent and unfit for the young
to read and would actually be ex-
cluded from the United States mails
if they were in any other book. When,
and only when the stories OF the Bible
that bear repeating are annexed to
mythology let them be read as such by
all interested. But for the present let
religion keep out of the public schools.
In closing I would request a thought
from Lineman, Senex, T. X. G., and
any others who believe in fair play
and freedom.
DIR. HUMANITAS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
SUGGESTION
TO REMEDY SOCIAL EVIL

LOS ANGELES, Sept. s.-[Editor
Herald: Mrs Newlywed was not half
so elated at "harpooning" the creature
as he was at being "harpooned." To
New Englander" I will make a few
explanations. I did not assert positive
ly that a business girl made better
wife than the stay at home girl. L
simply stated that was my opinion.
He is entitled to his, If he happened
to fall in love with a stay at home girl,
he is probably prejudiced in her favor.
1t all depends on which girl you fall
in love with. 1t does not require any
nobility of character to eat your wite's
cooking, if you are very much in love-
for in that case everything she cooks
will taste better to you than anything
cooked by any one else--even your
mother.
1 intended no disrespect to my grand
mother. 1 don't know whether she did
much thinking or not, but even If she
didn't, it would not be her fault-it
would be her misfortune-in living at
time when women were not supposed
to do much thinking. The modern wo-
man has the advantage of her in that
respect, and the woman of the next
generation will have even greater ad-
vantage, as evolution is doing wonders
for women and consequently for men.
Men are no smarter than their mothers.
According to S. ]. Binns, wage-earning
women are to blame for the social evil.
Now we have the remedy at last If
those selfish women, who have to work
to live, would only go off quietly to
some place and patiently starve to
death, as they should, there would be
plenty of jobs for the men-consequent-
ly no spinsters-no white slaves From
that I infer there was no social evil
before women entered business life.
MR. NEWLYWED.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
BOOMERANG ASSESSMENT

W HAT The Herald has criticised as
wv the policy of unequalization has
been carried out with regard to
the assessment Of Los Angeles county.
There can be no doubt the motives that
animated the state board were far from
friendly, and further still from philan-
thropic, when they adopted the meth
DDS of assessment against which The
Herald has protested, and reached con-
clusions by a route which The Herald
characterized as underhanded and ir-
regular.
At the same time, there is a silver
lining to this unequalization cloud. The
pre1udiced unequalizers have adver-
tised far and wide the fact that Los
Angeles and not San Francisco county
IS the principal geographical area of
the state of California; that the hub
is here, and not north; that we have
the people and the property, and that
as far as California is concerned WE
ARE THE PREDOMINANT PART
NER IN THE PARTNERSHIP OF
COMMUNITIES.
Los Angeles supremacy has been ac7
knowledged officially. Not only is this
county in the lead, but it is far in the
lead. San Francisco never will over
take Los Angeles.
Greater Los Angeles, with its seaport
San Pedro--is the metropolis Of Cali
fornia, the chief city and county in the
state, the maritime, industrial and
commercial leader of the west. If the
state board tried to hurl a missile at
this county, it was not what they
thought and intended it would be. IT
WAS A BOOMERANG.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
SAYS AMERICAN WRITERS
NEGLECT USE OF HYPHEN

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7.-[Editor
Herald: I say, dash it all, Mr.. Editorl
At least, if you don't dash it all, dash
some of it. l like to see The Herald
cut a dash-as 1t DOES in local news
paperdom; but I don't like to see t
cutting out all those little dashes we
call hyphens. believe in hyphenating
within reason; not in hyphen-hating
out of all reason.
I am not, 1 hope, pedant or a
purist in any extreme sense. / am not
so out-and-out a worshiper of Eng
lish undefled as to scout all the purely
"Murrican" improvements on that lam
guage. l am an advocate of phonetic
spelling, also of Esperanto and indeed
of anything that is or that promises to
be useful. But hink before any new
departure whether by omission or COM
mission we should make sure that the
change is really useful. / deplore
changes that are more than doubtful
that are in fact palpably detrimental to
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
PEARY AND COOK

nEARY says he will cook Cooks
goose. Cook says Peary's goose
Il is cooked. Seriously speaking, it
is the duty of the United States gov
ernment to appoint a commission to
hear both men and give the public a
fair and unbiased report on the polar
Situation" Otherwise the wrangle
about the pole will outweigh every
thing else and scientific truth will be
lost in din of scientific billingsgate
Since the coast and geodetic survey
has offered to sit as a commission to
arbitrate the controversy If DR.. Cook
should express willingness to submit
his case, it is to be hoped the offer
will be accepted. The investigation
should be public. Every line of the
testimony will be read eagerly by
everybody in the civilized world.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
AT THE THEATERs

.AUDITORIUSI-"GOing Some"
dASON-Dark.
K-"Strongheart."
BELASCo-"The squaw Man."
MAJESTIC-"Dream City"
ORPHEUM-Vaude
GRAND-"The wife's Peril"
LOS ANGELES-Vaudev
UNIQUE--vaudeville and comedy.
FIsCHER's-BurIesque.
EMPIRE--Musical comedy.
ARROW-Yariety.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
BELIEVES BUSINESS CANNOT
EXIST UNDER CHRISTIANITY

POMONA, Sept 7.--[Editor Herald:
One in the Letter Box of today, who
signs himself Subscriber" says: "I
am glad Q isn't its disciple "a Judas
Iscariot), and assue him 'tis not so
general as he has been led to believe,
and he does we'll to refer his objections
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

Los Angeles county will pay almost
one quarter of the total state taxes. A
part of state that is able to do that
is equal to many a whole state. South
Californias Importance is indisputable.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

Southern California's prosperity
should not be taxed for the benefit of
the less important part of the state.
Why should Southern California carry
Northern California as Sinbad carried
the Old Man of the Sea?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

Fifty-nine years old but younger
and spryer than ever. And isn't it
about time the people back east were
cured Of the habit of thinking of
Northern California as All California? =?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

Perhaps the Ruef-Herrin Santa Cruz
solid three assessors assessed better
than they knew. South California" Is
a title that comes trippingly from the
tongue.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

meant anyway. Perhaps I could. If
my old crony, with whom 1 am dining
winks his eye, jerks his head ana
points the carver at the joint, I may
grasp his meaning quite well, but you
would not on that account commend
his performance as good English for.
fMay I offer you another slice of the
roast" The elision of the hyphen is
a miserably small economy for the
price paid in clarity of expression.
VAL STONE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

Why all the secrecy about Harri-
mans illness? The poor man is dead.
That fact cannot be concealed. Were
business considerations" so important
that not one of the Hartman entour-
age, not even his chaplain, could tell
the truth?
SHOCKING
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

South California" sounds natural,
doesn't It? Easier to say than
"southern California" at the same
time it means more.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

How many million dollars was the
late magnate worth? All. what's the
odds? ''To make a happy fireside
chime with weans and wife, THAT'S
the true pathos and sublime of human
life" That and useful achievement,
good service faithfully rendered for
just recompense, neither extravagant
nor niggardly. are "aIl there's In it,"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

That Southern California state tax
raise will raise something else.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10
The Public Letter BOE

publication
responsibility for views
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

with state division. the tail wouldn't
wag the dog.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

Population ofLos Angeles 327,6S5
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-10

On all matters pertaining to advertising
address Charles r. Gates. advertising man
nger.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-06

coastal canal No stretch of the ditch
either in Louisiana or Texas, how
ever, is more than five feet deep, and
if the recommendations to be made
by Captain Cakes are followed out
the work viii be to do over again 50
that the canal viii have uniform
depth of nine feet from one end to
the other
Captain Cakes says that the rivers
and harbors work all over his district
is progressing nicely. The dredging
of Turtle Cove, connecting Arkansas
Pass and Corpus Christi Harbors,
was completed Saturday at noon.
This work has been in progress for
the last nine months. The channel
was dredged for distance of five
miles. and is now in shape to accom-
modate a vessel drawing eight and
one-half feet of water The Pilot
Boy. now plying between Corpus
Christi and Galveston draws only
about six feet of water. The
completion of this channel can be
made to mean much to the people of
Corpus Christi, according to the view
of Captain Cakes
The visiting official announces also
that he viii advertise for bids for adj
tional work on the harbor. as permit
ted by the late $4,000 appropria
ton of Congress. within the next few
days. The new contract viii provide
for s45O,00O worth of additional
work to be completed by July Of 1910.
The appropriation for work in the
district under charge Of Captain
Cakes amounted to 81, 5000
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-06
SURVEY OF THE
INLAND CANAL
ANNOUNCED TT WILL COMMENCE
THIS WEEK.
Capt. Cakes Gives Out Statement to
That Effect in San AntOniO-Some
Work Has Already Been Done On
The Proposed Route.

San Antonio April 6-Surveying
crews viii take the field this week to
fix the route for the proposed big
nine-fOot intercoastsl canal to be dug
from New Orleans to Brownsville. ac-
cording to the announcement made
BY Capt. J. c. Cakes, United States
Government engineer in charge of the
rivers and harbors work on the Tex
as coast who spent Sunday in San
Antonio The work of running this
line viii occupy the space of several
weeks, and on its results will largely
hinge the future action of Congress
regarding the proposition The pro
posed Appropriation will depend upon
the report to be submitted by the en-
gineers after the survey has been
made and the cost estimated.
Some digging has already been
done along the route of the inter
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-06
TUESDAY. APRIL o.
TO SECURE NIGHT M4H
SERVICE.

There is probably only one reason
why the night train on the St. Louis,
Brownsville Mexico railroad does not
That is that no effort has been made
carry mail for intermediate points.
20 secure such service.
IN other words. as most people
know. if you want thing, you must
at least ask for it. Things worth hav-
ing rarely fall unsought into our
hands.
The Herald is assured that if the
proper effort be made a mail clerk
may be secured for this night train.
The officials of the st. Louis, Browns
vile aud Mexico railroad. with their
accustomed zeal in behalf of their
patrons all along the line. have sig
nified their willingness to assist in
securing this service. and if the resi-
dents of the various leading points
along the line viii aid the move. the
desired night service will very prop
ably be secured in the near future.
The Herald has already taken steps
towards this end. by soliciting Con
gresham Gamers assistance. That
he viii do his best to induce the pos
tai department to give us the desired
service may be considered as already
done. Mr.. Garner never permits the
grass to grow under his feet when he
can serve his constituents
The Herald would suggest that the
citizens all along the line take an
active interest in the matter and
write to Mr.. Garner or to any persons
of influence whom they know in
Washington. asking them to assist in
securing the desired service.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-06
PRESIDENT DIAZ
TO SERVE AGAIN
YIELDS TO URGENT SOLICFTA-
TION OF COUNTRYNIEN.
Grand Old Man of Mexico Sheds Tears
of Appreciation Upon Receiving
Testimonial of His Country's Love
and Confidence.

City of Mexico, April again
President Diaz has shed tears. His
tears are famous. More than once
has he shed them and Friday, April
2. the anniversary of his victory over
the imperial forces at Puebla. he
cried
President Diaz is a very emotional
man. Not only in his old age, but
even in his youth he is said to have
been so emotional that he could new
er appear before an audience or at a
banquet table without shedding tears.
The president is getting old and says
he feels that his strength is passing,
though from his appearance he is the
same dashing Mexican general that
the world knows and has known for
many years.
Friday last. when a committee
from a national convention of the
party known as Re-electionist re-
Gently sprung up, appeared before
President Diaz at the National Palace
and asked him again to take charge
of the young nation and to guard it
through another presidential term,
President Diaz shed tears. He in
formed thecommittee that he is grow
ing old that he had for years sought
to retire to private life and to hand
over the reins to other hands in his
advancing years he feared that if he
again became president he would not
be able to handle the reins as he had
handled them in years past He
longed to see the office in the hands
of some Younger man He desired to
see this change before his end came.
But before him stood a delegation
of representative Mexicans from ev-
cry state IL the nation They had
been sent to him from a convention
of a party which had been organized
with the special purpose of urging
General Diaz to remain at the head
of nation which he had practically
made
The president remembered that
less than year ago he had ANNOUNCED
in an American magazine that at the
end of his present term of Office he
would retire Remembering all this.
lie shed tears
The delegates waited for him to
reply. and he finally spoke
In the face of such pressure, he
said he could not refuse He would
again be candidate to succeed him
self
In that instant he made history tor
Mexico Mexico will now go along
for the next seven years as it has for
more than twenty-five, and the di-
rector Will be General DiaZ.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-06

In that instant he made history tor
Mexico. Mexico will now go along
for the next seven years as it has for
more than twenty-five, and the di
rector will be General Diaz.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-06
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-06

The power of a clean record as a
success antagonist, jerks the wheel
off Messala's factor cannot get be
overestimated.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-04-06

To fear or to worry is as sinful as
to curse.