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Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
Corruption Must Be Ended
or it Will Destroy Our Republic
(sacramento Bee.)

NHE disclosure of corruption in the
select and common councils of
"A Pittsburg is one of the most
shameful that ever disgraced a city.
Upwards of forty councilmen, in or
out of office, have been indicted for
taking bribes. and a large number of
them have confessed in order to escape
prosecution by giving testimony
against the bribers
These wretches sold themselves like
cattle They were a cheap lot In most
instances the price of each, 1t is said,
was not over $780,
Here is tale of infamy like that of
San Francisco in the days Of Schmitz
and Ruef. The guilty councilmen are
Of varied occupations, representing all
sorts and conditions of men, but all
alike STEPPED in iniquity. They confess
to keep out Of Jail, but from no change
of heart A vile, sordid, pitiful, de-
graded set of scoundrels they are-be-
trayers of trust, deaf to public spirit,
lost to honor and decency.
But worse and more degraded ana
execrable than these bargain counter,
marked down knaves are the rich
bankers and other big business" men
who bribed them. such brbe givers
and corruntionists are public enemies,
traitors to the republic, more danger
GUS and despicable than anarchists
with torch and bomb. They are baser
slaves of greed than the contemplate
tools they buy
Lacking the poor excuse Of poverty
or temptation, some of these Pittsburg
millionaires deliberately committed
the felony of bribery to obtain from
the councilmen the profitable privilege
of handling the public money in their
banks. other rich corruptionists paid
to have a public street vacated for
their use. Probably skulking in the
background are still other big busi-
ness" men who have likewise black
ened themselves with the SCOT of brlb-
cry.
such money passers are criminals OF
the most hateful and evil stripe known
to the law. They deserve long terms
of years in the penitentiary, the
striped suit of the convict, his hard Ia
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
THE AMERICAN WOMAN

T THE Young Womens Christian
n association yesterday Mrs. c. L.
Grout spoke on the question, Us
the American Woman Democratic?"
AS far as she is able to express her
self, the American woman is demo-
cratic. 1t is sometimes said a woman
is natural born aristocrat. but that
is because her tastes are refined and
she likes the best of everything and
everything of the best.
Men growl more or less at present
social conditions, some claiming they
cannot get a square deal, that they
are deprived sometimes of capital.
sometimes of opportunity. sometimes
of both. But women have greater
cause for complaint. We are not as
tonished they are showing signs of
revolving against the treatment that
has been accorded them ever since
Betsy Ross sewed the stars on the first
any statues of Betsy Ross anywhere 3?
Is there one in California?
A very foreign (say orientaD studcrt,
who did not know our whimsical racial
method of treating women, would be
almost certain to derive from our gen
eral literature. etc, an impression
woman had little or nothing to do with
the foundation of the republic. Al
though the Declaration of Indopen-
dence states as a self-eVident truth
"Au men are created equal" it does
not mention women. and in earlier
American documents nothing is said
about women's rights in the republic.
1t is not astonishing the twentieth
century American woman is showing
signs of rebellion, which may become
a sex revolution. A man is not allowed
to work at his occupation. His WIFE
suffers. The head of a family is de-
prived of opportunity of wage earning.
His WIFE and FAMILY suffer
Women are punished for the poverty
of their husbands. Children are
kicked from pillar to post because
their father is sick or out of work.
We wish we could see an end Of this
kind of cowardice and we believe when
women are allowed to help manage So
cicty and social affairs in the broad
sense of the terms (and not in the
pink tea sense to which they are fire.
ouently restricted) the democracy of
the American woman may have
chance of asserting itself and she may
help restore Americanism in the daily
life Of the republic.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
Eastern Judges Are Sending
Convicted Gamblers to Jail
(sacramento Unlon),


has several times noted. gambling is
carried on so openly that there is no
secret about where any fool and his
money may easily part company, and
where the fieeced youth-for 1t is al
most always a youth-will be thrown
into the gutter to commit suicide and
die there.
In the New York cases the six con-
victed and paroled gamblers have to
report like any other paroled criminals
to the parole officer weekly, and are
subjected at all times to his orders.
In administering sentence Judge Foster
said. and his remarks would apply to
similar cases In Sacramento:
You all remember the case of a GER
tain well known man who kept a gam
bling house in this city and another In
Saratoga. He was fined in this court
for gambling, and after paying the fine
Immediately left the court and went TO
Saratoga and opened his gambling
place there II he had been paroled
pending good conduct and staying away
from the gambling business he could
not have opened that place in Sarato-
ga. / have heard an orator say in a
Joking sort of way, referring to this
gambling house keeper, that all he had
to do TO pay his fine was to take out
white chip"
But no amount OF Wnite or Dlue oi
yellow chips will compensate the aver
age man for going to states prison,
and it Is the prison threat and danger
that bring gamblers, just as we'll as
the trust magnate, to time. Judge
Foster has been heartily congra tulated
and warmly commended for his course
by the best element Of New York and
the press. and 1t is to be hoped that it
will not be long before similar praise
can be bestowed on judge nearer
home.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
Scientific Authorities Say
Women Are Outgrowing Men
(Chicago Tribune)


RE women outgrowing men? Ac-
IN cording to some scientific authori-
4A ties they are. One English an
thropometrist states he has recently
noticed many of the young schoolgirls
of that country are taller than their
mothers-and often taller than their
fathers-that in any mixed crowd or
men and women the latter of the COM
ing generation are beginning to over
top the men in point of stature.
Recently Karl Pearson, an English
scientist, Investigated the matter, and
by a measured comparison of daugh-
ters of 18 to % with their mothers of
3S and upward to so or So years found
that in height and span and length of
arms the younger generation is dis
tinctly larger than the older.
This. too, in spite Of the fact that
when woman is in her fashionable
habit she can work miracles with ele-
waited heels, arrangement of the hair
and headdress; and because Of this
average the woman of fashion may be
an inch or two shorter than she ap-
pears to be. Besides, the elderly women
do not wear such high heels as the
younger ones, or dress their hair with
a view to impressing with their height
At least the following table is sig
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
THE GOOD GOVERNMENT
FUND

N giving the practical application of
the initiative. the referendum and
the recall to municipal government
the city of Los Angeles has done
great public service.
In teaching the citizens of muni-
cipalties the value of such organiza-
tions as the Municipal league and the
City club it has also done great work
in the cause of good municipal govern
ment. It is doubtful, however, If any
thing that has been initiated in our
city is of so much value, and certainly
nothing has been of more value to our
local government and will be of more
value to the cities of the country as
an example than that organization pc
culiar to the city Of Los Angeles known
as the good government fund"
The idea Of this fund originated
largely with Mr.. Meyer Lissner 1t
took the form Of an agreement on the
part of number of public-spirited citi-
zens to pay so much per month for
twelve months into fund to be con-
trolled by board of directors and used
to promote good government in the
city. The directors in charge of the
fund for the current year are S. c.
Graham, c. j. Kubach, NJ. Lissner,
Parley NJ. johnson, Stoddard Jess, Will
liam Lacy, J. o. Koephi. Gilbert S.
Wright and John r. Haynes-men
whose names furnish abundant secur-
ity to the subscribers to the fund that
every dollar they place in 1t will be
used to the best interests of the city.
Some Of the important uses to which
the fund has been placed already were,
first, financing the recall campaign
which resulted in the unseating of the
graft administration and the election
of Mayor Alexander Next, a portion
Of the fund was applied to the cleo
! ton of the Good Government ticket.
And If the fund had not been available
| for defraying the necessary expenses
! of the Good Government ticket in the
recent campaign it is quite sure that
no such complete result in behalf OF
Good Government would have been OBJ
tained. AS the directors represent
about all shades Of recognized political
opinion. that of itself is a guarantee
that the use Of the fund will be abso-
lutely non-partisan. And the high
character Of the directors is a Guaran-
tee that every dollar will be used in
the most effective way.
1t is understood that the public
spirited citizens Of Los Angeles will
! shortly be asked TO increase this fund,
| in view of the necessities for its use
that will arise during the year Every
citizen and every taxpayer Of the city
who believes in good government and
by good government we mean the sort
OF government which protects the in
terests of the taxpayer and promotes
decency and order in the community in
which he lives, should subscribe some
thing to this fund-the man Of small
means according to his ability, and the
man of wealth according to the fnan-
cial stake which he has in the honest
and efficient government of the COM
munity
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05

A JUDGE in New York has hit upon
~ a scheme for suppressing gam
IA bling that deserves to be initiated
from one end OF the country to the
other 1t had formerly been the habit
of the bench in New York to fine the
gamblers brought before 1t. and that of
course meant nothing. Fines never do,
except when a man is too poor to pay
them. To fine a man like Richard Can
field-who can hold up a Vanderbilt
any night for a hundred thousand,
more or less-a thousand dollars is alb
surd. 1t was looked upon as simply a
license to go ahead and sin again, and
Garfield. whose den was the most no.
torious and famous in New York, sim
ply started up within a few hours after
he was raided, without materially in
terrupting the playing at all.
But Judge Foster tried a new scheme
in general sessions last week, and the
gambling fraternity of New York is
terrorized as a result, and so far has
been unable, even with the aid of the
best attorneys, to find method of get
ting around the new plan.
Judge Foster said that as fines
amounted to nothing but license, he
would sentence all of the gamblers be-
fore hm-six in number and all having
pleaded guilty-to the longest terms IN
prison that the law allowed. and then
he suspended the sentences so long as
the men were not again arrested for
the same offense. The moment they
are arrested again they are at once to
be sent to states prison, and that is a
proposition that none of them cares to
face.
1t might be a wise plan for the local
judiciary, when gamblers are brought
before it, to initiate the New York
Judge. Here in this city, as the Union
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05

Dor and rigorous regimen Rightly
viewed they are the lowest of the low,
however high their heads be held
II to obtain evidence TO prosecute
and convict wealthy givers of bribes
the district attorney at Pittsburg has
found 1t needful to promise immunity
to bribe takers. as was done In San
Francisco, he has done well. In San
Francisco no evidence for the indict-
ment of the higher ups and also OF
Mayor Schmitz and Boss Ruef could
have been had without a pledge not TO
prosecute tho bribe taking Supervisors
who would confess and agree to go on
the witness stand and give truthful
discriminating testimony when required
so to do Possibly a like state OF ar
fairs exists In Pittsburg.
Perhaps In Plttsburg the results or
prosecution of millionaires who have
corrupted public servants at public
cost may not be more snecessful than
in san Francisco. But Indictment ana
trial disgrace and public shame are
themselves punishment. even to the
most hardened and sordid men or
money. The mere fear of the felon 3
cell and his badge of infamy makes
the guilty Millionaire tremble In ms
Shoes however bold n face he may put
upon his crimes. Public trials on lei
onv charges, with prison doors yawn-
inc hungrily to his fancy and the clank
of convicts' chains jangllng in his ears
are torture to pride and vanity In all
their forms, even though conscience
and patriotism be dead.
Calhouns may assume brazen front
in a tribunal of justice, but In their
hearts are fear and dread. Not the
crimes against patriotism and liberty
and good government such men COM
NIT give them pain and sense of shame
but public exposure of their quit. so
they should be tried again ana again.
If need be, no matter If jurors be ca
joled or purchased. Where the offense
of bribery Is certain and may be
proved, the briber should be bounded
through the courts until convicted or
broken down. No mercy should be
shown such men.
Corruption must be destroyed or 1t
will destroy this republic.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05


A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA cler-
II gyman has enjoyed a brief and
~ enlightening days work in the
editorial chair having Undertaken to
publish one issue of the Pasadena star.
The Rev. Mr.. Mcleod came through
the ordeal a much wiser man, with
some of his idols shattered and with
the confirmed belief that "a shoemaker
should stick to his last" AS he goes
to his ministerial duties in a large and
wealthy New York congregation he Will
carry with him a broadening influence
and more liberal views as result or
the awakening which came through his
newspaper experience The conviction
is common that almost any man of an-
teIligence can run a newspaper, and
many carping critics think they can
run it much better than the man VINO
Is on the Job, and who may be more or
less familiar with the details of execu-
tion acquired through some years OF
training and experience.
Making due allowance for the results
of the labor of the novice, 1t Is ac-
knowledged that MIR. Mcleod did his
days work well, but in his last edito-
rial hour he gives vent to his revised
convictions in language which Will bear
literal quotation here:
NV time is now about up as ] pen
this last line; my hand is almost
paralyzed; my brain is befuddled,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
SAYS "PATRIoTlSM" is USED
TO CLOAK USURPATlONS

CORONA, April 2.-[Editor Herald;
In the report of the spring graduation
exercises at the state Normal school
as published in The Herald a few days
ago DR.. Jesse f. Millspaugh, president
of the institution, in his address urged
that school teachers must be satur-
ated with genuine patriotism and
that "at no time in our national ms
tory has there been a more urgent need
Of practical training in true patriot
ism than at present"
This is no doubt too true, but If our
professors, presidents and teachers Of
all of our educat tional institutions, from
the kindergarten to the university
would exert a little more zeal than
they are now doing in behalf of the
Golden Rule and constant keep be-
fore their students it's precepts we need
have no anxiety about the decadence
of patriotism. At this moment l be-
lieVe this to be the greatest requisite
in the education of our children and
the lack of it is bringing upon us a
flood of disastrous consequences. Patri-
otism has become such an ambiguous
term that we have almost forgotten
it's true import, and nowadays it Is
commonly used as a cloak to cover all
kinds of graft and a defense for all
kinds Of usurpation. What is patriot
ism any way? In The Herald of yes
terday | read that 10 per cent of our
federal appropriations are annually eX
hausted on militarism, and the only
excuse for such folly is our present
popular brand Of patriotism. We all
know it is radically wrong. I believe
that our teachers should be saturated
with the principles of the Golden Rule
and [ know that if they will only exert
their endeaVor to the promotion of its
truths it will not be very long before
our national conscience will be entirely
regenerated and a better citizen,
kinder neighbor and a much better
brand of patriotism evolved than at
present obtains.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
Minister Finds That Newspaper
Work is the Most Strenuous
(San Jose Mercury

Mercury
and / am free to confess that / am
right glad to vacate the holy spot
Such rush and riot and dsarray.
Such a tumble and potpourri. 1t
strikes me as the daily effort to
bring order out of chaos, and to do
1t lightningly quick. am reminded
of the memorable words, "The
earth was without form and void,
and darkness was upon the face of
the deep And the spirit moved
upon the face OF the waters" Never
shall criticise newspapermen more.
l shall pray for them. They will
have my hearts forbearance hence
forth and forever. the hardest
worked, shortest lived, poorest paid
brain workers on this weary old
world of ours.
II Mr.. Mcleod had undertaken his
task on a metropolitan daily paper of
it is to be doubted If he
would ever have reached a point where
he could have made this graceful ad-
1t is pleasant to know that
he did not fail In his attempt, for he
will be able to make known to many
who have dreamed the same dream
that the newspaper business requires
the same tact, hard work, executive
ability and hard-headed business sense
as any business undertaking under the
sun. Running a newspaper is certainly
no joke.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
RESPONSIBILITY

T AIRD CARNEGIE says: "I give or
gans to churches or help churches
~ get organs because ! am willing
to be responsible for everything they
say but l could not be responsible for
all that is said from the pulpit"
People who know the amiable and
ingenious Carnegie best are frequently
taken aback or surprised by his SEEM
ing Inconsistencies.
Great SCOTT Are we to infer from
the foregoing statement the steel mas
ter is willing to assume responsibility
for everything printed in the books cir
culated by the Libraries for which he
1sSuIpUnq s9pIAoId
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
State Press Echoes
STENOGRAPHIC FEAT

The Searchlight has received what purports
TO be typewriter copy Of the proceedings Of
the board Of supervisors at the session held
March II. The copy Is old that 1t is Of
no service whatever to the Searchght or any
other paper in Shasta county 10 which Il may
be sent Besides. the typewritlng is readable
only in spots However. the cupyist Is to be
compmented on the rapidity with which she
has done her work. To do II all In a little
more than two weeks Is extraordinary. Red
ding Searchlight.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
OVTCHRONOLOGY

NGGS must be marked fer Identified.
II tion. Eggs, made sold and used
- in California must be labeled.
This will give the egg industry added
dignity, and ovichronology will be one
of the most interesting features of a
bill Of fare.
Probably the price of eggs in hotels
and restaurants will be graded ac-
cording t o age. This will add to the
general joy of the consumer, and will
remove all mystery from the purchase
Of an rgg. There will be a reasonable
guarantee with every egg. and GUS
toners who are { nj of food that is
rather ligh will be able to crafty
their tastes, while those who object
tc eggs unless they are brand new
will have an opportunity of protecting
themselves from the shock that comes
with realization of the fact eggs are
not always what they seem The health
boards exact label" order will give a
square deal to egg eaters.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
AT THE THEATERS

AUDTToRTUM-F1oren Roberts in "Glo
ria"
BELAsCO-'The Garden Of lies"
BURBANK-"The Lion and tho Mouse
GRAND--"The Love Tales Of Hoffman"
Los ANGELES-Vaudeville.
MAJEsTIC-"The Prince OF Tonight"
MASON-"The Merry Widow"
NIEISEN-"Carmen," (drama).
OLYAIPIC-Musical farce.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PRINCESS-Musical farce.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
Far and Wide
NECESSARIES

NECESSARIES
The new president of Nicaragua will
shortly assemble a cabinet and a bullet
proof shirt, both being essential to the vel
fare of his adminlstration.-New YorA
Mall.
TAFT'S BLUNDER
President Taft merely appointed Seere-
tary Ballinger to the wrong job. Mr.. Bal
iinger would have made an ideal ambas
sador to Arabla.-Kansas City Star.
DO 1T NOW
On the other hand. 1t isn't necessary
to walt until you have as much money
as Rockefeller before you start to do any
giving. Free Press.
s
WEYLERs CONFESSION
General Weyler's work on my Rule in
Cuba" will consist of four large volumes.
Manifesty it is intended to be detailed con-
fession.--New York Mail.
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sAGE'S MONEY
Mrs Russell Sage continues to give
money away just If her husband had
been a butcher or a coal dealer in his ire
time.-Portland Telegram.
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PRICE STAYS HOT
The ice harvest is plentiful and the laborers
are many, but the price, beloved, will remain
about the same.-Chicago Tribune,
s.
VERY CRAZY
crazy man at Traverse City posed as Dr..
Cook He must have been crazy.-Grand
Rapids Press
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FLIGHT OF FANCY
Fancy a butcher running for office nova
days.-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
$
IMPARTIAL TRUST
When il comes to a surTeptitious rakeoff,
government and consumer look ailke TO the
sugar trust.-Portland Telegram
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
DANISH LOAFERS

As we have before stated, the journal makes
no charge against the street loafers further
than 10 brand them as such, but we call at
tention to the fact that since the Journal has
taken up arms against them there has not
been the petty thievery that was beginning to
make peace a byword. Now let the people
back the officers and let the officers make
some deanite move TO send these fellows sour
rying.-Santa Clara Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
MAKE HOMES BEAUTIFUL

Gilroy has done quite we'll this year in keen
ing the borders Of its sidewalks free from
weeds, but there is still much room for i'm
proYement in many places Cleanliness is eX-
cellent. as commendahle in a city 1t is in
an individual; therefore the good work should
be continued until the last vestige Of rubbish
is out Of sight. That work should be COM
peted before the rains are over.-Giroy Ga
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
TEMPERANCE PROSPERITY

Under our present policy Los Gatos has ad-
vanced to the front ranks Of California cities
Of her class and during the last four years
has prospered abundantly and grown rapidly,
and much of this prosperity and growth has
been the result Of our clean, no-saloon policy,
and the prospects ahead for a far greater
prosperity and growth brighter than at
any time in the city's history.-Los Gatos Mail.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05

Henri Lesidauer of France says there
is no American architectural school.
Eh, what? Who introduced Sky scrap
erswe would like to know? Our Amer
lean school is distinctive and charac-
teristic 1t believes in working on a
very large and at the same time a very
practical and profitable scale.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05
HANDSOME PALn ALTANs

Palo Alto will receive valuable advertising
when its military company goes down to san
Jose at the time OF the Rose carnival, to
march in the big parade the queens escort.
The company was said by President Daley
Of the state normal school to be a collection
Of the best looking men-the finest looking
military organzaton-he had ever seen.-Palo
Alto Citizen.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-05

During March the number of daily
visitors at the general delivery window
of Los Angeles postoffice was 1888. An
increase of $14,759.09, or 1887 per cent,
is shown in the months receipts from
sales of postage stamps, as compared
with the corresponding period a month
ago. Postofice activity answers con-
Vincingly the question, "Village or
city?" Our metropolis continues to
grow and prosper. That's the Los An
geles way.