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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
BRIBERS AND BRIBED

TN 1.-THE Story of a Reformer's
Wife, a remarkable article con-
Il tributed by Mrs. Fremont Older to
McClure's. the statement is made that
1.-The battle started by Fremont Older
has given San Francisco an excellent
city government, but his local reward
for seven years of effort is to find him
self the most hated editor in California.
Still, this does not deter him"
Why a man who devoted time, talent
and energy to redeeming the commu-
nifty from graft-tyranny should be
hated" would be inexplicable If the
writer herself did not supply the key:
Zone millionaire recently voiced the
opinions of the so-called upper classes,
If the prosecution had stopped after
furnishing Ruef and Schmitz it would
have been the greatest investigation
ever conducted in America, but when
they went after the bribe givers it be-
came persecution"
A similar whine came long ago from
Ludlow street Jail, New York, where
one Jacob Sharp languished because he
naQ DIlDeQ d bOdl U VI hiNSl 4ASA ~ 3D.
him an important franchise. Tho
American people have never failed to
arrive at a just appreciation of the re-
lation of cause and effect in govern
ment and in the daily life Of the ma
ton. Therefore the time is coming
when it will no longer be necessary to
resort to elaborate argument to con-
vince the citizen the bribe giver is as
guilty as the bribe taker; nay, more.
that the man who inspires the bribe
giver, the evil genius who suggests to
him, SEE so and so, and he will mako
it all right for you," is equally guilty
with the bribe giver and the bribe TAX
er. A plague on all their houses
Heaven speed the day when Mammon
will be removed from the American
Pantheon.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
BUILDING ACTIVITY

CONFIDENCE in the present and
future of Los Angeles is being
~ demonstrated in most convincing
manner by the readiness with which cit
izens are investing in and improving
real estate Work has been begun on a
half million dollar office structure at
Second and Main streets, and the Los
Angeles sky line is rapidly acquiring
an individuality which makes it as no.
table as the sky line of any big city in
the United States.
All the newer Los Angeles buildings
are roomy spacious and absolutely safe,
and these three characteristics rather
than the one point of excessive height
are being aimed at. In addition to
other qualities which entitle it to lead
ership among cities. Los Angeles is be-
ing provided with a typical office
building architecture, which suggests
solidity, breadth, permanence and pros
perity.
Los Angeles is to be congratulated on
the absence of freak buildings. Its
streets are we'll proportioned and hand
some. No other city can show such a
harmonious relationship in architecture,
economy, efficiency and beauty. Citi-
zens have a right to be proud of the
new sky line of the business section of
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
CAPTAIN FRIES

MO proposition has ever been more
III definitely asserted or more thor
~ oughly proved than that which
expresses Southern California senti-
ment with regard to Capt. A. A. Fries,
whose removal from this engineering
district is contemplated at a time
when his continuance as United States
district engineer seems to be impera-
lively necessary for the public good.
Bodies representative of all of the citi-
zenship and business activity of
Greater Los Angeles are interesting
themselves actively in what has been
to all intents a campaign for his re-
tention.
1t is believed and hoped Washing
ton will see the best interests Of the
United States as we'll as of Los An
geles and California will best be served
by the retention of Capt. Fries until
the successful completion Of harbor
work which is of momentous impor-
tance to the nation as well as to the
state and the city.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
PRESIDENT WILSON

ONE of the foremost Democrats of
the country is looming large" as
" a probable candidate for the gov
ernorship of New Jersey, and if he
should be nominated and elected his
claim for recognition as a national
Democrat will be established. 1t is so
seldom a successful statesman comes
from the ranks of professional edu-
Gators that the political prominence Of
President woodrow Wilson of Prince
ton university commands attention. 1t
is believed President Wilson would be
the candidate of a harmonious and
united party, and his studies in Ameri-
canism make him a particularly de-
sirable candidate at the present period
of the history of the nation.
President Wilson is one Of the men
who believe the American nation has
become great because OF the constant
application to passing problems of a
permanent principle of Americanism,
which holds that since all governing
power is derived from the consent of
the governed, it should be exercised
for the benefit of the governed, and
the interests of the people at large, and
not of special interests, should be con-
sidered in all legislation.
President Wilson thinks there is only
one party which is fitted by tradition
experience and conformity to true
American principle to provide govern
ment which does not belle the first
principles of Americanism, and that is
the old but ever young Democratic
party. Therefore he is a Democrat.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
CLIPPER SHIPS

II OS ANGELES HERALD'S an
l., nouncement yesterday of the re-
H vival OF the service of clipper
ships between New York, Philadelphia
and Los Angeles harbor was not the
least significant Of the many important
items of maritime information that
have been published since the Greater
Los Angeles" program increased the
already great interest in the maritime
possibilities of the commercial metrop-
oils Of Southern California. To any ap-
preciative citizen the news Of the re-
vival Of the famous old-time clipper
service was heart-stirring.
While New York finds it worth while
to revive the swift clippers, reliable
marine news from various sources in
dicates Los Angeles soon will be one of
the principal Pacific ports of call for
the leading British, French, German,
Spanish and Dutch lines, which are al
ready establishing a Pacific trade by
running their boats to the isthmus.
As soon as the leading shippers of
the world by the consolidation of San
Pedro with Los Angeles are assured of
the emancipation and independence of
San Pedro harbor, their interest in it
will take practical form; and when
the greater ship owners find Los An
geles offers a square deal harbor with
excellent facilities and a reasonab bic
guarantee Of profit, the shipping that
will use San Pedro harbor will be in
creased and multiplied, and, in the nat
ural course of trade events, Greater
Los AngelAs will find itself one of the
most important seaport cities of the
west, or, for that matter. of the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
CONDUCT

4 SADDER and wiser boy than he
~ was when he came to California
~ has been released from Los An
geles county Jail. A lad who was ar
rested as suspect in murder case
but was found to be innocent and was
thereupon punished for a minor offense
will be sent back to his old home in
North Dakota with the great lesson
every human being must learn indelibly
impressed on his brain. That lesson is
the value OF conduct. AS rule, con-
duct is the only convincing standard by
which character may be determined.
1t Is not what human being says
that is of prime Importance to society,
but what he does. AS st. Paul pointed
out long ago, man might be the
greatest orator and writer in the uni
verse, but If he had not love for his
fellow men his gifts would amount to as
little as the tinkle of brass or the
jangle of a cymbal. The man who
SOUNDS like something, but rs moth
ing. is not the good citizen. When a
man acts in his daily life as if he meant
every word he said or wrote he comes
as near to exemplifying certain ideals
as any human being may come; and
every young man should be trained
that TO respect goodness is only the be-
ginning Of wisdom, and the mental at
titude must be carried out in a physical
and actual demonstration before it can
become valuable or convincing. If the
conduct Of the youth from North Da-
'kota had been above reproach he never
would have had to undergo the terrible
ordeal to which he was subjected in
Los Angeles
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
DECLARES EVIL EXISTS
FOR GOOD OF MANKIND

WASHINGTON, D, c., June A.
Editor Herald: R. N. is surely puz-
zling in his elucidation of evil from his
viewpoint. After declaring that there
is no evil, that what we know as such
is simply a distorted vision of good by
mankind" in reply to our query con-
cerning his attitude toward the Christ
he tells us he has taken him as the
way out of all evil"
Now, II there Is no evil, why does X.
N. need deliverance from thing or
state which has no existence?
We hoped the question asked in
previous letter concerning the so-called
fall of man would bring out this truth:
That the knowledge of discriminating
between good and evil was simply the
arrival of the adolescent period, so to
speak, for the human race.
From that date as nations, as ind1-
viduals, they were to be responsible
beings, having a choice in the working
out of their own development, either
for good or evil, and we insist the
knowledge of discriminating between
good and evil, instead of causing the
fall of man. was the starting point of
his ascension.
MY brother, such as this planet is,
God made it-good and evil-and We are
not called on to apologize for it at all.
NV authority? Isaiah xiv, and Z
IT am the Lodr, and, there is none else.
1 form light and create darkness;
make peace and create evil. am the
Lord that doeth all these things"
We reiterate that evil is for our own
good. Without the struggle to rise
above it we would still be in the jelly
fish order, creatures without backbone,
crawling in the deep, rather than
standing erect hand in hand with God
in the battle for the suppression of
evil; and let no man despise his birth
right. ANXIOUS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
SAYS HENEY NEEDED SOME
MANHOOD IN THE JURY BOX

WHITTIER, June 21.--[Editor Her
add: Answering C. U. White, would
saw do read the Letter Box" and
enjoy it very much, as showing What
people are thinking about. l CONFESS
to reading somewhat outside OF the
box. 1 am glad he has seen mt TO
abandon the useless and unprotitaole
task of convicting the Savior of the
world of being a wine bihber and man
ufacturer and turned to something
easier done, the showing that he was
opposed to usury. He would doupt-
less say to me you cannot by law
make men temperate" No, but you
can prevent them from being by law
made Incorporate. He cannot destroy
mans greed by law; this can only be
done by change of nature. Thls
change is arranged for in the gospel.
Through the atonement by Christ man
may have forgiveness of his past sins,
and by the indwelling of the HOLY
Spirit the regeneration of his very ma
ture, implanting the unselfish self-sac-
rificing spirit of Jesus. But does TINS
argue that we need no laws to prevent
greed and drunkenness; by no 1neails'
the law is the schoomaster to bring
righteousness expressed by the law
and its inner righteousness wrought
by the spirit which makes the man
a law unto himself. He then needs
not the outward enactment. Mr.
White, from what he writes presume,
would stubbornly refuse to take IN
terest for the use of his money, hence
law against usury, so far as he is con-
cerned would be a dead letter. Inc
law is not made for the restraint or
the good man, but for murderers,
thieves and vicious. There is sense
in which laws educate, as being the
expression of public opinion as to the
thing forbidden. A class of men get
their notion of an action from the stat
ute book. To "dig the tree out-the
profit system"-as he suggests, Is TO
dig out human nature. After pente-
cost, with the highest type of man the
earth has ever beheld, his system pre-
vailed, voluntarily, but was adapted
only to the holy, as proven by the
falsehood and selfishness of Ananias
and Sapphira. Splendid conditions do
not make splendid people, witness Mrs.
Gould and the degraded and-debauched
rich, Was man not surrounded by the
highest, even a beautiful garden, with
earths of wealth and beauty, when ne
| fell? History shows that ease, wealth
and luxury. without inner supports,
tend to emasculate, enervate and de-
grade, so does observation at any fash
ionable resort. Shall we have law,
then? BY all means. But what we
need is new men. What Heney needs
is manhood in the jury box.
SAVONAROLA.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
INDoRsES EDITORIAL ON
THE CHILD LABOR PROBLEM

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 16.-
Editor Herald: We are glad to in
dorse every word of your editorial en-
titled 1.-THE Real Cause" in the issue
of June IL, except where the inference
is given that we contend that the d.
vorce evil is the cause of the child
labor problem.
We have no fault to find with the
statistics of w. Scott Lewis other
than that he does not go far enough
into the matter. VIII Mr.. Lewis kind
ly tell us how many of the 1,750,17S
children employed in the United States
are children of divorced parents, and
whether 1t is a matter of bread and
butter for those dependent on them
or personal indulgence which drives
them to work?
We do not claim that the divorce
evil is the cause of the child labor
problem, but we do say that the di-
vorce evil and all other causes which
tend to degrade the condition of the
family have a bearing on the child Ia
bor question. We declare also that
when the family is recognized as the
chief factor in our civilization and
given it's proper status that the d.
vorce evil and child labor problem will
be solved.
At present men can procure mar
riage license for a mere pittance, be-
come fathers of five or six children in
as many years, abscond, leaving these
children to starve or be cared for by
their mothers, who, after having borne
the burdens of maternity at such
pace, are naturally unfit to assume
the entire responsibility, so either the
older children must work or the state
provide for the children while these
fathers establish themselves some
where else to repeat the stunt.
We pension the men who are instru-
mental in destroying what our wom-
en- 20 down to deaths door to pro-
duce, many of them never returning;
but since the nation has it's fists in
it's eyes there is a possibility of an
awakening of more Importance to us
at lea at than China's ANXIOUS,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

Mayor Alexander's businesslike mes
sage with regard to collection of license
tax was one of many signs Los An
geles is really getting a business
mems administration" from business
like mayor. George Alexander's keen
appreciation of business issues as they
arise gives the business men of Los
Angeles comfortable feeling of con-
fidence derived from the fact that not
only have we mayor we can trust,
but one who, from a business mems
point of view, knows what he is about.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
AT THE THEATERs

AUDTTORIUM-Dark
MAsoN-Princess company in "Pin, Pan,
PouY."
BELAsco-Richard Bennett in '@rhe Lion
and the Mouse"
BURBANK-"The Traitor"
GRAND-"Bunco in Arizona"
MAJEsTIC-''Three Weeks"
ORPHEUM--vaudeville.
LOS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
EBIPIRE-Vaudsville
UNIQUE--Vaudeville and musical comedy.
FTSCHER'S-Musical comedy and vaudeville.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
The State Press
Get Together

There is a great future for Watson
vile and the Pajaro valley, and the men
who are living here and now can do
much toward making or marring it,
If this fertile valley is to achieve its
destiny, If our people are to enjoy a
full measure OF prosperity, now is the
time to get together and pull together
for the common Watsonville
Rariufay.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

Speaker Cannon says he is against
female suffrage because most wives al
ready control their husbands votes,
and suffrage would give the women too
much power There is a good deal of
force in Joe-Uncles position. He "as
much as" says well informed men are
afraid to surrender their governmental
rights to women by granting them suf-
frage. And they are.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

Los Angeles school district has an
excellent record for attendance. II
Shakespeare had had the good fortune
to be a citizen Of lovely Los Angeles
he would not have written his descrip-
ton of a schoolboy creeping like a
snail unwillingly to school. The school
boys of California rejoice in their
schoolboyhood.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

Why should not a policeman have a
day of rest or recreation? Is there
any real reason why the finances of
Los Angeles should not be admins
tered In accordance with the sugges-
ton of Mayor Alexander in a way that
will make adequate provision for the
needs Of the city and cut out all PEN
sioners or holders of sinecures, or
"jobs" which may be regarded as sine
cures?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Menace to Prosperity

Notwithstanding our boasted univer-
salty of educational opportunity, there
has grown up an absurd hiatus in the
educational system which denies the
just rights of the wage earning masses
and grievously menaces the Industrial
efficiency and the material prosperity
of the country. There should be an
open chance for every American child.
Morgan Hill Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

Statements of ten national banks
issued in response to the call of the
controller of the currency show great
business activity and prosperity in Los
Angeles. Total deposits show an in
crease of $6Ss,43S over the figures for
April and of SO, 554, 1854 over the figures
made public February 8. Los Angeles
is prospering.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

Either some British East African
correspondent is guilty of the biggest
kind of lynn or Kermit Roosevelt has
bagged the biggest lion of the famous
hunting trip, and Papa Theodore as
leocide is a back number.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

Los Angeles will celebrate Indepen-
dence day in the old-fashioned way. A
committee is arranging a patriotic pro-
gram, and indications are we will have
sane, inspiring Independence day and
not fire alarm Fourth.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

Another terrific and terrifying acci-
dent in the mines of Pennsylvania
warns the public science is tagging be-
hind its record in other fields in it's
dismal failure to provide deep-down
miners with even a reasonable guar
antee of safety.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

Valuable experiments will be con-
Quoted In Southern California by the
forest service in order to determine
the relation of forests to stream fiow
Some people are beginning to assert
forest growth has nothing to do with
rainfall or with the retention Of water
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

People of this city are entitled to a
standard weight loaf of bread and
won't be happy till they get it. Mayor
Alexander's fight for square deal
loaf Will not soon be forgotten by the
thrifty housewives Of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

In the east heat prostration is caus-
ing much sickness and death. Summer
weather in Los Angeles is mild and
pleasant and health giving. Happy is
the lot of the citizen of Los Angeles,
especially If he owns one with com
Portable home on 1t.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Dollar Jingle

How dear to our hearts is the old silver
dollar
When some kind subscriber presents
il to view
The liberty head, without necktie or
collar,
And all the strange things that to US
seem so new.
-Tulare Advance.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Far and Wide
Little but Bio

Massachusetts is spending a great
deal of money for improved state roads
and in the last five years has planted
Though not a big state in area, Mas
sachusetts fits the adjective in other
respects.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Punishment

Penalties should mean periods of
punishment as we'll as of reformation.
Else we should abolish our gallows and
our prisons, too, and simply turn our
criminals free with injunctions to re-
port at convenient intervals to the po-
lice.-Santa Cruz News.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Grape Juice Day

This paper believes that Californians
should have their own products as
their main articles of diet. The Ancient
Order of Olive Eaters Is growing. The
demand for raisins has been stimulat-
ed. Now let us each take a glass of
grape juice.-Stockton Mail.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENTS intended
for publication must be accompanied oy .ho
nan,e and address of the writer. The Her
aid gives the widest latitude to correspond
rnts' hut assumes ne responsibility for their
rvIa
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

in the earth. But many more will clinl
to belief in the truthfulness Of Scott
lines:
Land Of brown heath and shaggy wood,
Land Of the mountain and the flood.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Amenities

The Reno Gazette says: 1--WE are
chastened and subdued in spirit" We
can't believe it. Editor Bingham ought
not to ask too much of our credulous
nature.-Sacramento Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
THE MODERN VERSION

Old Mother Hubbard
She went TO the cupboard
To get her poor dog crust;
But when she got there,
She found, declare,
The cupboard controlled by trust.
Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Vocal Phenomenon Exclaimed

A learned professor states that big
hats contract the thoraeic cavity. Thus
the cultural undertone of the man be-
hind the hat is accounted for.-Duluth
News Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Exciting Bust

The new bust of former President
Roosevelt is ready for the senate cham
ber. Whenever the sessions become
too dreary all that will be necessary
will be to show it to Bailey and Till
man.-Omaha Bee.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Adam Maligned

II Adam is to have monument Eve
and the serpent should not be ignored.
Adam was not such a lordly parsonage,
when all the lateral circumstances are
considered. He certainly didn't excel
Chesterfield In gallantry.-Pasadena
Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
(But in the meantlmsl

(But in the meantime)
The big brick cart picks out with care
The middle OF the thoroughfare;
The coachman with shiny team
Goes like a thing propelled by steam;
The transfer wagon shoots along
And bids the weak beware the strong;
The messenger upon wheel
Scorches with wild, unwonted zeal,
And cen the boy on roller skates
Tempts and defies all kinds Of fate!
Though motors are restrained with care,
There comes an anxious thrill
When any one save a chauffeur
May 90 It as he Will
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Prosperity

prosperity is oftentimes burden" d"
says Mr.. Rockefeller. If you need any
help, old chap, there are many willing
to help.-Cleveland Leader.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Many Paths

Between the cradle and the grave are
almost as many paths as there are peo-
pie on the earth.-Topeka Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Battling stlII Battles

This peace movement however, is
not universal. We note with regret
that Battling Nelson is taking no part
in it.-Chicago Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
Lions

Once they used to throw Christians
to the lions. Now they throw the lions
to the faunal naturalist.-New York
World.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25
LAwLEssNEss ON WHEELS

We must not spare the motor car
That cuts such thrilling curves.
Let cycle cops both near and far
Protect pedestrian nerves!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-25

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