Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-19
GOOD GOVERNM'T
SPEAKERS FLAY 8
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
E. J. Fleming, on Whom Freder-
iCkS Based Defense, Scores
District Attorney
PRATT ARRAIGNs CORONER
Mayors Secretary Roughly Ham
dies Record of SummerfieId.
WoOIWine Cheered

At a redhot meeting in Stones hall
in Boyle Heights last night two Re-
publican candidates., Coroner Hart
we'll and Judge J. w. Summerheld,
shared with District Attorney j. D.
Fredericks in charges of unfitness for
Office hurled at them by Good Govern
ment organization speakers.
Capt. Fredericks was vigorously at
tackled by E. ]. Fleming, who said that
the district attorneys office had been
circulating rumors that he would not
dare participate in the campaign, but
who defied the district attorney or his
deputies to keep him from telling
truths about their administration.
Frank Henderson, secretary to May
or Alexander, handled the political
record of Judge Summerfield roughly
and made an eloquent speech In favor
of clean judicial candidates. DR.. A. G..
Pratt, the Democratic and Good Gov
ernment nominee for coroner, gave a
startling arra1gnment of the manner
in which the present coroner is han
ding the office.
In addition, Thomas Lee Woolwine
made a short but rousing speech,
which was heightened to twice the
time limit the speaker desired by the
ever Mr.. Woolwine endeavored to de-
sist.
Walter J. Desmond made a strong
showing Iof the need for efficiency in
the county tax collectors Office and
pledged his efforts to that end, II
elected Clarence M. Taggart Lucius
Green and Albert Lee Stephens made
short speeches.
Former Prosecuting Attorney Flem-
ing made efficiency in office the sub
1ect of his address and advanced nu-
merous arguments showing the inef-
ficiency from the public's standpoint
of the present district attorney. He
was the more closely followed because
1t was on Mr.. Fleming that large
part of the F'redericks defense had
rested.
ATTACKS FREDERICKS' RECORD
1.-THE time has never come yet when
I feared 70 express by sentiments on
any public question" said Mr.. Flem-
ing. He prefaced his remarks on the
district attorneyship with plea for
the election of Judge Albert Lee Ste
phens. Continuing, he said:
when the press of a great city like
Los Angeles Is practically unanimous
in questioning the fitness of a man
asking for election to an exalted Of
fee like that of district attorney, there
must be something the voters should
inquire into; the public should ponder
why the press takes this stand.
''Consider whether the handling OF
the district attorney office in this
county is like that where there has
been a known fearless defense of the
reople's rights. Would Joseph Folk,
would the men who have brought the
grafters to justice in Pittsburg, in
Chicago. act as the district attorney
of Los Angeles. county, as John d.
Fredericks, has acted? When the Har-
per scandal came up, did Mr.. Freder-
icks, in his examination before the
grand jury, advise the indictment of
Mayor Harper or Chief Kern or Sam
Schenck, the police commissioner? No,
gentlemen; he didn't do 1t.
Joseph Folk in st. Louis indicted
not one but all, and he got convic-
tions. The district attorney of Pitts
burg indicted not one but all, and the
only one who got away must return
answer. If Tom Woolwine had been
district attorney do you not think
there would have been some convlc-
tions!
OILED ROADS SCANDAL
''Some of you don't remember the
oiled roads scandal-it happened be-
fore the Harper matter. 1t involved
more than $251,000 of the taxpayers
money and the discussion over this
was notorious. The solid three super
visors were implicated, but what did
Captain Fredericks do? He said at
first that he would see about it, and
when the matter got hot he conducted
an Investigation, not before a spe-
cial grand jury, but actually before
the very supervisors whose friends
were accused. He treated the charges
lightly, and at the conclusion of the
roaring farce Mr.. Fredericks an
nounced with apparent glee that he
had found nothing to warrant further
investigation.
"His scandalous attitude in the FIRE.
mont Older case is we'll known. If
Thomas Lee Woolwine had been in his
place would two noted Southern Pa
cific attorneys, ]. w. Mckinley and
Don. G. McGarvin, have been allowed
to do the work Of the district attor-
ney in view of the improper and un-
fair means resorted to in this kid
naping case?
self the credit of closing the most
noted place in The old redlight dis
trict, the place of the queen Of the
district, which was regarded as the
key to the vice situation. Fredericks
says he closed it up. That's an abso-
lutte untruth and he knew 1t was un-
true when he said it. Captain Fred
ericks never had anything to do with
1t. The Rev. Dana Bartlett, who
knows, win bear me out, as will my
deputy, Mr.. Ford. in the statement
that this was done from my office.
"Now, in the King will case what
did Captain Fredericks do to earn
that so per cent OF the amount OBJ
tanned? They simply set the two wills
aside. Do you think any private at
torney would have received any such
fee?"
Mr.. Woolwine made a short speech,
reviewing the statements of former
speeches as printed heretofore in. The
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