Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
WOOLW|NE SPIKES
. fREDERICKS' GUNS
Democratic Candidate Empha-
sizes Charges Before Large
S. Pasadena Audience
FAILURE OF PROSECUTIONS
Speaker Flags Graft Politicians
Who Have Influenced Cases
Against Offenders
FAILURE OF PROSECUTIONS

In spite of the fact that two OF
Fredericks' henchmen were working all
day in South Pasadena, in a vain en-
deaVor to influence the voters to stay
away from the Woolwine mass meet
ing held in Herlihy hall, Mission read,
South Pasadena. the crowd that greeted
Mr.. Woolwine last night was record
breaking one. Every seat in the nan
was taken and many stood through
out the entire address. There were
more persons present than were as
sembled to hear Hiram Johnson some
time ago at the same hail.
Mr.. WoolWine reviewed his charges
against the present incumbent of the
district attorneys office and insisted
throughout that the people ask him
questions. He assured his hearers
that all questions would be gladly list
ened to and answered in detail.
In reviewing the protection by the
district attorney of grating officials
and persons of influence he stated:
FREDERICKs' MANY FAILURES
"The people of the county are now
bonded for millions of dollars on the
Owens river proposition, on the harbor
bonds, the power bonds, and the va
rious other bond issues. You have had
an example of the failure of the dis
trict attorney to act and protect your
rights in the oiled roads graft, the
river bed steal. the attempted bond
steal, the grating Harper regime, the
furniture deal, in some Of which scan
dals the district attorney was not only
inactive but suppressed and covered up
the prosecutions.
Now If you want this condition of
things to continue, If you don't want
your interests protected, if you don't
want equality before the law, vote for
Fredericks, because, if I am elected,
conditions Of that sort cannot exist In
Los Angeles county, and such betray-
ers shall not go unwhipped Of Justice"
Mr. Woolwine, in speaking of the
King will case, stated:
"If Fredericks had criminally prose-
cuted the forgers in the King will case,
as 1t was his duty to, he probably
would not have got cent of money,
but would have what he cannot now
have-a clean conscience"
DENVER CASE IN POINT
Mr. Woolwine then explained the
similarity between the fight waged in
various cities in the United States for
equal law enforcement, and referred
to the battle waged by Judge Ben B.
Lindsey in Denver The speaker In
vited the attention of the audience to
Judge Lindsey's book, THE Beast"
wherein he writes of a district attor-
ney in Denver consistently protecting
the grating politicians OF that city
and building up reputation by the
prosecution of the poor and obscure.
He drew a parallel between the careers
of District Attorney Fredericks and
that faithless official at Denver. He
continued
"There is not a grating politician
in the county of Los Angeles today
who is not the friend and ally of ]. d.
Fredericks in this fight"
Following Mr.. Woolwine's address
Walter J. Desmond, Good Government
and Democratic candidate for county
tax collector, spoke. Mr.. Desmond
again called attention to the discrep
ancy between the cost of collection Of
taxes in San Francisco and Los An
geles county, showing that it has cost
the people of the latter county more
than twice as much to collect every
dollar of taxes than 1t has the people
of San Francisco county.