Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-30
TRICK WON'T WORK

W ESTERDAY morning The Herald
Y published an account of a move
J. ment which has recently been
started in this city having for its OBJ
/ iect the furthering of the efforts of the
/ Hearst organ in alliance with the San
/ Francisco Southern Pacific Democratic
machine to introduce discOrd into the
ranks of the state Democracy. In this
/ article it is shown that petitions are
/ being circulated at an expense of
about thirty dollars day. in favor
of the candidacy of Joseph II. Call for
governor
That these petitions, circulated at
cost which makes it impossible that
they are being paid for by the mar
who is the ostensible manager of the
movement. should appear just after
the unsuccessful effort of the Hearst
paper 10 interject Mr.. Call into the
eubernatoral campaign. and imme-
diately after the visit to this city of
san Francisco machine Democrat
who is known to be bitterly opposed
to Mr. Bell can have but one signii-
I
malign influences that have more than
once prevented the Democrats elect
ing as governor of this state a man
whose record for honesty. integrity and
ability had earned for him the hatred
of these people. are again busy in their
efforts to accomplish the same evil
for Democracy that they have hereto
fore worked.
We do not believe that the Demo-
Gratis of the city and county OF Los
Angeles will for a moment allow them
selves to fall into this trap. We do
not believe that Mr.. Call will permit
the use Of his name to accomplish this
purpose. And he should be very sure
that the considerable sum of money
that is being used to advance this
movement comes from a source from
which a good Democrat would be will
ing to receive financial assistance.
TO just what length William Ran
dolph Hearst, the fakor Of present-day
journalism in this country, and the
organs controlled by him are prepared
to go to accomplish his political pur-
poses is abundantly shown by the eX
posure which Mayor Gaynor made in
a speech delivered by him at d recent
dinner of the Associated Press in New
York and reported in yesterday morn
ing's papers.
No newspaper and no newspaper
proprietor worthy of the confidence
and respect of any citizen could have
been guilty OF deliberately forging and
falsifying public records as Mayor
Gaynor showed had been done by the
Hearst organ in New York, which is
under MIR. Hearsts immediate control
and supervision. That the New York
Hearst organ did this, however, will
not be subject of surprise to any
man who is at all informed as to the
Hearst methods as cXcmplified in his
various alleged newspapers.
To publish a mutilated copy of a
public document for the purpose of
making political capital against d man
is no worse than to have his emissa-
ries smuggle themselves aboard boat
bearing q cargo of the contributions of
charitable citizens to the sufferers of
the san Francisco earthquake, and
before that boat cleared the harbor
swing a banner along its side showing
it to be a Hearst relief boat, and have
it photographed for use in the Hearst
papers published in the east. This
our citizens know was done few
years ago at San Pedro, and this kind
of thing furnishes a very true idea Of
the character, or, rather, lack of char
acter, of the Hearst papers and their
proprietor.
The Herald is not prepared to believe
that Mr.. Call would accept a candi-
dacy suggested or promoted by such
influences. And The Herald is very
sure that the Democrats of Los An
geles and Southern California will have
nothing to do with such a creature,
nor will they permit such a creature
to have anything to do with their
party.