Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-18
AFFIDAVIT SHOWS
FREDERICKS HIRED
MAN PARKER OK D
WooIWine Answers District Attor-
neyS Speech with Records
and Sworn Statement
JUDGE LAWL0R SPEAKS
Great Audience at Long Beach
Cheers Earnest Fighters
for Good Government
JUDGE LAWLoR SPEAKS

Thomas Lee Woolwine and Judge
William P. Lawlor were the principal
speakers at a big meeting at Long
Beach last night. The audience over
flowed from the main floor of the big
auditorium and filled half the long
gallery. 1t was an attentive audience,
and applauded the speakers Justify,
especially the speech of Mr. Woolwine.
Judge Lawlor at the outset of his
speech expressed his gratitude at the
kindly reception which has been given
him in Southern California.
II realize that when in this end of
the state I am a long way from my
own home" he said, referring to the
extent of the state, "but it is my ex-
perience that when it comes to ques-
tions of government the people of Cali
fornia are as one people and without
geographical distinctions"
Judge Lawlor discussed briefly the
status of candidates for election to the
judiciary, then proceeding to the
necessity of requiring that every can
didate for office should have probity
beyond question.
Personally he said, "I favor the
existence of party organizations, but
1t is essential that the members of a
party should be rigid in requiring
that candidates of the party should
stand for proper things and that no
candidate should be nominated who is
not worthy"
Passing to a discussion of the ju-
dietary, the speaker said that one rule
headed voting in county campaigns.
for judicial position: rs he compe-
tent and is he honest?"
"And if the proposition be involved
in any doubt" declared Judge Law
lor, that doubt should be resolved
on the side of the people,"
In closing Judge Lawlor again ex-
pressed his appreciation of the many
expressions of support he has received
from Los Angeles county.
Fred Baker, prominent Republic
can of Long Beach and leading at
| torney, spoke for independent. clear
headed voting in county campaigns.
Referring to the district attorneyship
campaign, Mr.. Baker said:
'T have heard both sides of the dis
trict attorney controversy. l know
something of the facts and submit
to you that twenty years of practice
as an attorney gives some fitness to
judge. Personally, have every reason
to cause me to favor the candidate
of my own party, but after giving the
facts full consideration [ must take
the stand I know to be right as favor
ing the election of Thomas Lee Wool
wine as district attorney.
at is argued that the closing or
blind pigs and gambling houses should
re-elect John d. Fredericks. That
would appeal to me more than any
other. However, there are other facts
that make me pause.
zone that came under my personal
observation was that on the afternoon
of August 16 little printed tickets with
the list of Republican candidates that
the higher ups in the saloon business
wanted supported. and the name of
John D. Fredericks was on every ono
of them.
at is very easy to enforce criminal
laws against the small Offenders,
against burglars and housebreakers,
but when it comes to the higher ups
those same agencies OF law enforce
ment are silent"
In introducing Mr. Woolwine, Her
bert M. Haskell, who presided at the
meeting, simply said: go to the bat.
Mr.. Woolwine, and may the god OF
those who fight the honest, courageous
and fearless fight be with you"
After the continued applause which
greeted him had subsided Mr.. Wool
wine said:
WOOLWINE's SPEECH
$50 that there may not be any mis-
take as to Mr.. Fredericks utterances
in Simpson auditorium on last Satur-
day evening, and to avoid any possi-
bility of misquoting him, / employed
two expert court reporters to be pres
ent on that occasion and take his very
words. [ have now the transcription
of his speech and will Immediately
enter upon my rejoinder to his answer.
Now [ would be content to let my case
rest upon this speech of his if l felt
that the same would be carefully read
in detail and fully by every voter of
Los Angeles county; for, to person OF
average intelligence, his eYasions, un-
truths and utter falsifcations serve to
convict him of every charge that he
has so utterly failed to answer.
ain the early part of the speech
find this language:
''Mr Woolwine has stated that II
he had been district attorney there
would be no solid three on the
board of supervisors; that
when, in 1905, the board of super
Visors attempted to sell the good
roads bonds at private sale, that if
he had been district attorney he
would have criminally prosecuted
them.
ment has never been made by me that
If I had been district attorney there
would be no solid three or that il L
had been district attorney 1 would
have criminally prosecuted them. Here
is what 1 have often said: That the
solid three would not have dared att
tempt at private sale to sell the good
roads bonds at a loss (according to the
statement of Mayor Alexander, who
was then a supervisor and who stopped
the steaD of 100000 to the taxpayers
of the county, unless they were reason
ably certain of immunity in advance
from the district attorneys office, and
OF !, IL,
a bid for furnishing the new hall of
records, that meant the filching from
the citizens of this county of 100000.
unless they had been reasonably sure
of immunity in advance. This conclu-
sion is inevitable for the reason that
men do not indulge in such betrayals.
CONTINUED Psgs Thrsel