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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
GOOD BY, VANDERBILTS

SIGNIFICANT FACT in recent
II American history is ''the passing
AZ of the Vanderbilts,'' who no longer
control the New York Central railroad
Verify the old order changeth, yielding
place to new; and even although it has
been known for a long time that the
traditional and hereditary ownership OF
the Central had been interrupted it is
still somewhat of a shock to old timers
to see in print the bald statement that
Hartman is known to control about
$14, ,0OO,0 900 of New York Central stock,
considerably more than the holdings OF
William X Vanderbilt.
The Vanderbilt family, which helped
create the gigantic modern industry OF
of railroading. With the announcement
we realize that the all-business OF
machinelike method of managing the
road will take away from it the last
trace of-shalI we say romance ?-asso-
ciated with industrialism or business in
the United States. In the old days
even when railroad rivalries were keen
and officials engaged in strenuous con-
tests for supremacy, human nature had
far more to say in the matter than il
has now. Roberts managed the Penn
sylvania in a distinctly Robertsiar
manner. The character and Individual
ity of the man were felt in every de-
tail, and having considerable regard
for his own individuality he paid such
keen attention to the individualities OF
could address most of them by their
first names and ask about their wives
and families.
At the New York Central the Wander
bits began to lean more and more on
the help and advice of outsiders in
business. William K, though natur-
ally a sharp, shrewd, quick, wideawake
intelligent man Of affairs, did not see
why he should devote his life to the
details Of a business that was on such
permanent" basis as was the Cen
trail Cornelius visited his office in the
Grand Central station frequently, bu;
his visits, especially Iatterly, were more
in the nature of social receptions than
business affairs, and railroad talk was
interrupted and interspersed with polit-
ical discussions and with a "story
swop'' with "Chattie" Depew, as
Chauncey was named familiarly by the
Vanderbilt boys" who had known him
all their lives. Death, domestic trouble
all kinds of things that the possession
of great riches seems to attract rather
than repel, broke up the pleasant Van
derbilt circle. Laughter is no longer
held to be healthy adjunct to bust
ness. The Vanderbilt "spelI' is broken
King Pandion, he is dead.
All his friends are lapp'd in lead.
Hartman is the BOSS of the New
York Central.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
HOCHI!

NHARACTERISTI of the unrea-
sonable and unreasoning spirit of
jingoism is the editorial of the
japanese ''Hochi' entitled Don't anger
u.s." Hochi goes on to say: Consider
ing the fleets visit, American gener
osity toward our exposition, and visits
of commission of business men, il is
highly desirable to find a cure for the
malady which has attacked our good
regulations. Hochi appeals to the
president and people of America. Al
though the Japanese still believe the
magnanimity displayed in the past will
continue, CEASELESS AFFRONTS
are exhausting our boundless patience.
For the sake of the peace in the Pa
cific, don't anger u.s."
This is true jingo talk. 1--WE don't
want to fight, but by jingo if we do.
etc., etc., ETC." Instead of prating about
fighting, the Japanese should settle
down to be good neighbors, and
get rid of the idea that they are
predestined by Providence to doni-
nate the Pacific. Two other great and
important powers have interests in the
Pacific. America and colonial Britain
are as one in their attitude toward Pa
ciflc affairs. The brown man is well
come to his share Of the ocean. but
the day will never come when the
Rising Sun" will drive from the COM
mercial control Of the Pacific the Stars
and Stripes and the Southern Cross.
Moreover, if by any singular caprice
of fate, American prestige were to suf-
fer in the Pacific, with the natural and
inevitable consequence that Colum-
bian and Canadian and AustraIasian
prestige would suffer consequently and
equally in the eyes Of the orient,
Japan's proprietorship of the Pacific
would be a lonesome, non-lucrative and
altogether stupid, vapid and inane
species Of empire. America and
colonial Britain make the Pacific great.
japanese proprietorship of the Pacific
would not be worth while The game
would not be worth the candle. Indeed,
it is not at all improbable that, with
such an unthinkable condition, Japan
would revert to semi-barbarism.
All jingo talk is stupid and foolish.
When the Japanese Hochi shouts
Don't anger u.s." Americas smiling
and unperturbed answer should be,
do not be a hanged fool. Hochi der
mikado. Banzai."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
CLAIMS BIBLE RECOGNIZES
OTHERS BESIDES TIE SONS

POMONA, Jan. 18.-[Editor Herald:
The Letter Box presents an amusing
phase in the presumption and dog
matism of some of your contributors.
Of this sort is Veritas, who In
recent letter asserts, There is no
intelligent purpose in the universe ex-
cept man" What a pity the identity
of the possessor of such profound
knowledge, who tells us what the uni
verse does not contain, should be hid
den behind an assumed name! we
would delight to do him honor II we
knew him.
But while he assuming this to be
the correct pronoun) processes to know
what is not found in the unthinkable
vastness of the universe he shows his
Ignorance Of a little book at hand
He saws: 'In the Bible we are called
Sons of Cod f" Presumably he means
All mankind. Not so. See the condi-
tions of sonship: But to as many as
received him to them gave he power
to become the sons of God" John 1:l2.
"And as many as are led by the spirit
Of Cod thew are the sons of God"
Romans S:14 And even they are not
promised immunity from trial and
hardship but the very opposite. He
scOurgeth every son whom he receiV-
eth" Hebrews 1916. Making even
'the captain of their salvation perfect
through suffering" Hebrews 2;1O. In
stead of all being called sons of Cod
the Bible recognizes another family.
Jesus said to his opponents: Eye are
of YOUR father, the devil and the lusts
Of your father ye will do. He was
murderer from the beginning and
abode not in the truth because there
is no truth in him. When he speaketh
a lie he speaketh of his own; for he
is a liar and the father of it." John
8:44. With the foregoing diverse char
acteristics before him perhaps Veritas
can recognize his relationship.
JAMES T. IRWIN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
Sapient Legislators Monkey
With Liberty of the Press

T IS a singular fact that at almost
every session of the California
X legislature attempts are made to
restrict the freedom of the press, and
especially to make the libel laws more
severe. In fact, by some of the law
makers the newspapers of the state ap-
pear to be regarded as affording a fine
field for freak bills. Happily few of
these become law, and those that get
into the statute books generally lapse
into "innocuous desuetude." Ten years
ago the so-called Morehouse bill was
passed and Governor Gage good ma
turedly signed it. 1t provided that any
thing appearing in newspaper,
whether editorial or local item, that
could be regarded as uncomplimentary
must be signed by it's writer. There is
probably not one newspaper man in ten
in California today who can tell
whether that law is still unrepealed.
1t was an absurdity, and, save in one or
two instances, nobody seems to have
taken it seriously, says the San Diego
Union.
Then there was an anti-cartoon en-
actment, to which no attention seems
ever to have been paid. 1t went prompt
ly to the states rubbish garret. Two
years ago there was an attempt to get
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
SAYS DEMAND FOR MYSTERIOUS
AND MIRACULOUS EXISTS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14-EEditor
lleraldl: Fools have always been in
terested in the extraordinary and Won
derful, but wise men study the com
mon things Of life. Hence the demand
for the miraculous and mysterious.
People have always been wont to
credit great healing powers to
remedies" and healing agents" of va
rious sorts, and of course they attri-
butte wonderful powers to mind.
Healing agent" as such, is a mis-
nomer and does not exist, for all heal
ing (repair) is a natural process. in
herent in the cell matter and can only
be influenced indirectly by any means
whatsoever. 'Omnes curantur a ma
tura''
A much larger book could be writ
ten on the power of the body over The
mind than Of the power of the mind
over the body; for, after all, the mind
is only the functioning Of a part of the
material body. AS the nervous system
depends upon the very sensitiveness Of
its matter for it's acuteness it is con-
sequently the most susceptible to ma
terial influences. For instance: Poi
sons affect the mind first; chloroform
destroys consciousness long before it
stops the heart; we are all familiar
with the respondent dyspeptic, the
optimistic tubercular patient and the
delirium of fever, etc.; all effects Of
poison. To say that mind is the master
over these material things or ever. eau
be is the height of folly. ~ s2~Rl
Such ideas had their origin in be-
lief in miracles, for religion is the only
philosophy that promises something for
nothing. People who think they can
disregard the physical laws Of nature
and health and get immunity by de-
nial of the existence of such or by
drinking something out Of a bottle,
are still in the swaddling clothes of
superstition. You can't fool nature,
not even some Of the time.
DIR. HUMANITAS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
SALOON POWER

q INCE the governors pocket veto of
~ temperance legislation designed
~ to protect from liquor the aque-
duct workers and their wives and fam
lilies, it has become evident that legis-
lative interference is positively neces-
sary. The boozemen, smokegraft
cigar dealers, ETC., no doubt with boxes
of smokegraft cigars as part of their
equipment, are following the aqueduct
work like a predatory swarm. A bill
has now been introduced prohibiting
the establishment of any saloon with
in four miles of any camp of men
numbering twenty-five or more who are
engaged upon any public or quasi-pub-
lie work. The bill has a good chance
of success in the legislature; but
there's the governor to reckon with.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
A. C..

<ENALL UP A. c. He'll show you, .
cried Eddie Morris after the
~ raid of the Apex club. A. c.
was called up only to be called down
later by the lieutenant in charge of the
station, who refused to recognize the
authority of Eddie Morris in matters
relating to the manners, morals and
good government of Los Angeles. 1t is
popularity believed that Eddie Morris is
not an authority on any one OF the
three kindred subjects mentioned. Why
therefore, should he be entitled to sum-
mon A. C. over the wire and invoke the
assistance of that gentleman in at
tempting the release of the gay gam
boilers" of the Apex? For months
Eddie Morris has been notoriously
known to the police as the manager OF
this gambling house where gullible VIC
tins hourly were fieeced and which was
run, full blast, within two minutes
walk of the police station and the city
hall. This is the Eddie Morris who
made daily calls on his bosom friend
Mayor Harper" and the establishment
raided was that which openly boasted
| it had no reason to fear the police. The
dive fiourished during the administra-
ton of Chief Kern. While Mr.. Kern
was at the head of the police depart
ment did he not know that the Apex
club was in existence? If he did know
why was it not closed? If he did not
know, why was this ignorance not a
confession Of his ineffciency as chief
of police?
When a man holds a high and re-
sponsible public Office are his qualities
for office holding best demonstrated by
convenient official deafness, dumb
ness and blindness? Is vice protected
in Los Angeles? Would not official in
competency be as effectual means OF
protection as any other? Why should
Kern when chief have been in ignor-
ance of facts which were known tc
citizens in private life? 1--WE are police
proof" the managers of the house have
told their players. Eddie Morris
stands between us and the police. Why
we have been running nearly two years
and you never heard of any policeman
bothering u.s. And doubtless never
would have heard of such a phen-
omenal occurrence if it had not beer
for The Herald's timely exposure OF
facts relating to the alleged protection
of vice in Los Angeles.
Among the articles found by the
raiders of the Apex were boxes of per-
fecto size of 'Smokegraft'' CIGARS
brand that is now looked on with sus-
picion wherever found, for who car
cast eyes on ''Smokegraft'' box with
out thinking the thoughts produced BY
an association of ideas?
One of the peculiarities Of the present
anti-vice and anti-protection campaign
in Los Angeles is the frequency with
which Smokegraft cigars come intC
evidence. The old poem says of sin
marked world, the trail of the serpent
is over it all. and the devious route o1
vice in Los Angeles is marked by {
trail of smoke from the Smokegraft
| cigar.
us VICE PROTECTED IN LOS AN.
GELES? 4"
Let's "call up A. c." He'll ''show US. -
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
RECALL MAYOR HARPER
NHE HERALD believes tha

WHE HERALD believes that
the facts which it has made
= public in a series of articles
that it has published under the
caption rs VICE PROTECTED
IN LOS ANGELES?" have
shown conclusively to every de-
cent citizen that Mayor Harper, in
his administration of the office Of
mayor of the city, has completely
failed in discharging the most
serious and important duties
which he owed to the people who
honored him by making him their
chief executive.
The Herald has shown the ex-
istence of conditions in Los An
geles which have not only dis
graced Mayor Harper's admins
tration as chief executive of the
city of Los Angeles, but dis
graced the city as well. The dis
grace, however, does not stop
there. Mayor Harper has not
only disgraced himself and the
city, but he has disgraced the
party which gave him its nomina-
ton and under whose name he
ran for the office of mayor.
The Herald, as a Democratic
public journal, is not only inter
ested in good government as is
the ordinary citizen, but it is also
interested in the kind of govern
ment given by officials elected
under its party's name.
1t therefore has a double rea-
son for calling Mayor Harper to
account. In the opinion Of The
Herald, Mr.. Harper's sins of
omission and commission while
in office and the condition to
which he has brought the admin
istration of the law in the city Of
Los Angeles imperatively de-
mand his recall.
The Herald is also convinced
that the welfare of the Demo
cratic party demands that Mayor
Harper shall be recalled, and it
urges all good Democrats to take
the lead in this necessary work.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
REFORM BALLOT

HHE reformed or Hughes ballot
would simplify matters for the
= electorate and make the way of
the transgressor hard, as it ought to
be. Governor Hughes says: adopt a
simplified form of ballot, without party
columns, in which names of candidates
for respective offices shall appear but
once, grouped under the names of the
offices. This would place parties, cam
didates and voters respectively upon
an equal footing. Our electoral ma
chinery should not encourage careless
ness, but each voter should express
his choice with regard to each office
separately. No candidate should have
more than one place on a ballot"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19

By proposed charter amendment No.
ballot would be provided at both
primary and general municipal cleo
tions in which the names Of candidates
ically under each office. This would
give the people a chance to decide mu-
nicipal elections on the MERITS Of the
candidates. By the adoption of amend
ment No. 4 the people would rule, and
the rule of the people instead of poll
ticians and corporation tools is to be
wished and to be worked for. The re-
sponsible citizens of Los Angeles MUST
govern and control their own city. They
have had enough of nonsense.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
WRITER COMMENDs THE WORK
BEING DONE BY THE HERALD

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14-[Editor
Herald:] OF late we have some won
derful discussions. IdeaIism VS.. Ma
terialism; Theory VS.. Practice; Soluble
and insoluble questions, Christian and
unchristian science; mind and matter,
and then some. But the burning ques-
ton now is: What's the matter with
Los Angeles?
The Herald says we have city ad-
ministration whose smell, like the city
JAIL reaches to heaven. We have poIit-
1cal refugees, unlaWfully arrested and
imprisoned. We have federal attorneys
subject to the dictates Of Diaz Of Mexi-
co. We have a juvenile judge who says
any old pettifogger is good enough to
defend the unfortunate picked up by
avoirdupois in blue coat and brass but
tons. Would Judge Wilbur recommend
such defenders for those who WillfulIy
violate their oaths of office? Or tell his
friends to pick haphazard from a
prOmiScuouS bunch when looking for a
legal adviser?
We are glad one lawyer speaks out
like a man whose mind and matter are
in harmony. He probably could tell
what is the matter with some of the
other legal minds in Los Angeles. We
seemingly have a prolific corps of de-
tenders; how about prosecutors? Law
yers say it doesn't take much Of a law
yer for a prosecuting attorney. The
people of Los Angeles know that is
true. But they will find a prosecutor
if they have to import Heney or a
Hadley.
These are a few facts that face US
right now. We need not worry about
the length of angels wings or the kind
of paving in the streets of the new
Jerusalem. If we can't help to better
conditions here the mythical next world
will have no better citizens than this
concrete reality.
Is vice protected in Los Angeles, and
if so what are we going to do about 1t?
Three cheers for The Herald.
T. J. POLLARD.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19

through a bill to restrict newspaper
publications in respect to court cases.
1t failed. There was also an effort 10
enact a law making libel a felony, with
a heavy fine or imprisonment In state
prison for from one to five years as
the penalty. That, too, fell by the
wayside. But an attempt is to be made
to pass it at the present session, AMI
Grove l.. Johnson, who is not noted for
intense love for newspapers, will cham
pion ito a second defeat, it may be
hoped.
1t would be interesting to know just
what motives inspire attempts to pass
more stringent statutes relating to the
California press. So far as known,
there is no popular demand for such
legislation. Nor does it appear that
the present laws are not adequate to
protect people against reckless or ma
licious journalism. Moreover, those
laws in stringency and severity will at
least compare favorably with similar
enactments in other states. Why, then,
must the present statutes be amended? :?
And are those who are advocating the
amendments the cordial friends of a.
free press that does not hesitate to-
criticise the actions Of public men
when they appear to merit eriticismq
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
EAR REFORM

A n ESTEEMED citiZeness of Los
n Angeles is engaged in crusade
to keep our sisters and our cous-
inettes and our aunts from piercing
their ears for earrings. Female ear
reform is one in which we may all en-
gage with enthusiasm, and without
fear of being called zealots or busy
bodies. How sad it is to think that
many of our most sensible women have
had their shell-like ears stabbed with
a needle in order that they may initiate
a South Sea princess. Oh, woman, in
our hours of ease, uncertain, coy and
hard to please, when pain and anguish
wiring the brow a ministering angel
thou; but why hast thou to wait until
pain and anguish wiring the brow? And
why doSt wiring thine ears with pain
and anguish in order that thou mayest
carry a small fortune in jewelry de-
pendent from thy little lobes? Why
does thou insist on suffering tortures
III order that thou mayest initiate the
heather lady of the distant shore, who
believes in going around barefoot and,
Sc to speak, in concentrating her ward
robe in her ear lobes and-what dye
call it? Almost the same as the fell
low who drives the automobile-oh, yes,
coiffeur. We do not believe in this
condensed style of dressing. We de-
spise it, and for that reason sympathize
with the effort being made to prevent
our wives and sisters and dear ones
from piercing their ears. We know
some of them may utter ear-piercing
shrieks at the idea of being deprived of
favorite fad or folly, but that cannot
be helped. We must do our duty, and
We wish success to the effort to prevent
ear mutilation.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19

ly Standard
But it has remained for the present
administration Of Los Angeles to form
seeming alliance with the very men
who are corrupting the manhood Of the
city, and the newspapers which have
entered on the work of exposing the
conditions that exist are doing splen-
did service to the city.
Los Angeles is the most American of
American cities, and the idea, which
seems to govern Mayor Harper, that
the city should ape San Francisco in
it's complete surrender to indecency can
only be destructive to the Americanism
which is the proudest characteristic of
the metropolis Of Southern California.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
ANOTHER BACKS PETITION
FOR JUSTICE TO MExIcANs

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16.-[Editor
Herald: 1t is with panied surprise
that 1 learn that those Mexican "revo-
lutionists'' otherwise Liberals), who
have already been tried on some five
absurd trumped-up charges, ranging
from murder-time, place and victim
unspecified-down to splitting on the
sidewalk in Mexico are still held in
jail. The people ought to repudiate this
prostitution Of American legal machin-
cry to the nefarious methods of Mexi-
can officialdom. Way for that proposed
petition! Let US speak with one voice.
A. WACKENS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19

Los Angeles Herald will send on an
excursion to the Alaska Yukon-P Pacific
exposition twelve teachers selected by
the people. The twelve will be the
guests of The Herald. Six will be
chosen by popular vote from Los An
geIes county, three from the city of
Los Angeles and three from the county
at large outside the city; one will be
chosen from San Bernardino, one from
Orange, one from Santa Barbara, one
from Riverside, one from Kern and one
from Ventura county.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
HE WANT S TO SEE MEXICANS
ACCORDED JUST TREATMENT

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1S.-[Editor
Herald: L want to say that l agree
with what H. A. Doddridge said in
today's Herald, and I hope something
will be done soon to secure a speedy
trial for Magon and his co-workers.
I cannot find words to express myself
about the injustice done to these fell
low men.
I hear that these men are to be taken
to Tombstone Ariz., or some other
out of the way place for trial. Will
somebody please throw some light on
this? L would like to see these men
get fair play. Yours for true freedom.
FRANK LEE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19


III HE work being done by the Los
Angeles Express and Herald in
solving the problem whether vice
is protected in that city is one of the
commendable works which are to be
credited to newspapers of the better
type and one which must in the end
elevate the character of that and other
cities.
Los Angeles has never been sunk in
corruption as some other American
cities have, and yet the faint odor of
graft has nevertheless hung about the
city hall at sundry and divers times
during a long series of years.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
Far and Wide
ImpossihIe Child

London Truth remarks that the Suffragette's S
baby has not been taught to say mamma
and papa; it says votes for women Any
that this assertion is all nonsense. The ''Suf
fra agettes baby is a fgment of the imagina-
tion. There has never been any such thing.
The mere suggestion is highly incongruous,
and it would seem quite shocking if it were not
utterly absurd A journal with the bold title
Of Truth should not indulge in such Wild
and frivolous fancies.-Providence Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-19
The State Press
SYnpathY

Hundreds of fruit handlers and employees
are dead. The price Of Messina lemons has
gone up IS cents and 81 per box from So
per box, and all supplies now on steamers
coming from Palermo and elsewhere have
already been contracted for at good prices.
In sympathy, California lemons have stiff
fened in price, quotations now ruling around
81 per box.-San Bernardino Index.