Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-27
FREDER|CKS IS
HELD To SCORN
BY WO0LWINE
Good Government Candidate Ad-
dresses Large Audience
in Pasadena
MEETING SMASHES RECORD
Voters of Crown City Hear Earn
est and Stirring Appeal
with EagernesS
BRANDS OPPONENT S. P. TOOL
Shows ServiIity of District Attor-
ney to Walter Parker
and BoSsiSm
BRANDS OPPONENT S. P. TOOL

'It is not a question Of whether the
individual, Thomas Lee Woolwine, is
elected, but-can you afford to re-elect
John d. Fredericks?"
When Mr.. Woolwine, himself, Good
Government candidate for the office
of district attorney Of Los Angeles
county, asked that question last night
in Woodman hall, Pasadena, before
the largest and NEST enthusiastic po-
litical meeting ever held in that city,
loud cries of mol MOI" came from
the voters who appreciated that the
speaker is in the campaign for wholly
unselfiish reasons and not merely to
hold o4--ce.
Introduced by Mayor Thomas Ear
ley, a Republican of prominence, Mr..
Woolwine delivered an address to
which his audience listened with Gag
erness. He spoke earnestly and di-
rectly, calmly and positively.
LAS I have often said" began Mr..
Woolwine, "I like to speak to gather
ing of this kind much as I like to
add, SIS jury. 1 like to get close to
them where 1 can look them straight
in the eyes," and suiting the action
to the word he left the platform and
stood upon tie floor.
'I am here as a man more than as
a member of any political party" he
continued. 'If you believe in me and
what shall tell you, vote for me. If
you do not, bury me so deep in the
oblivion of adverse ballots that never
shall be able to crawl out.
"Many charges have been made
against me. My enemies have said
that I am too young for the office.
Well. I am young man. 96 years old,
and wish were younger, but they
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boy-well, I've dug up heap OF trou-
BILE for a schoolboy!
''They charge that I did not serve
four years in the United States at
torney's office here. But I did. I
went in under a Democrat and was
kept there by a Republican.
"They say Hewitt, when city at
torney of Los Angeles, fired me for
incompetency. In a letter to me he
says I was neither asked nor COM
PEELED to resign, and as to my eff
cheney, he says I proved myself Wig
liant and competent official.
ANSWERS CHARGES
'T dislike to talk too much about
myself My mother taught me that
self-praise is half scandal, but I must
answer the charges.
"I am accused of being a radical,
but when I dug up all the stuff that
I did, what was I to do with 1t but
make it public? I never made mis-
statement about 1t.
at is said that did not back up
my statements with proof before the
Harper grand jury. will tell you
why.
''The office of the district attorney
is dominated by the Southern Pacific
political machine. I am making no
eleventh. hour accusations now-I said
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auditorium and I am still waiting for
answers.
"But to go back few years-to q
mayoralty campaign in Los Angeles
when there were two Republican can
didates, Gates and I4indley-WalteT
Parker waited till he saw who were
the Republican candidates and he then
looked at Harper, the Democratic can
didate, and saw he would be q bonds
man. The word went down the line
from Walter Parker and Harper was
elected.
Everything went along very we'll for
awhile for Parker controlled the city
council he controlled the board of su-
pervisors, and as the keystone to the
arch, the office Of the district attorney
At never have worked in the office o!
Fredericks, but while I was working
under the city attorney at the police
station 1 was made deputy district
attorney. While I was after the small
Offenders was the lovely little prose
cutor.' Why, Fredericks used to send
word down to me that he wanted me tC
handle this or that case because he
knew I'D land themp
'Well, when I got into the prose-
cutor's office at the police tsation
found there was a syndicate of graft
there-TIarper and Kern and a few
othere-they were segregating a certain
vice Some think 1t should be permit
ted to exist, but ask you men If yor
think it is right for city officials tC
wrest the last dollar from women
Why, some of the poor creatures haC
to pay as high as $3.50 a month in rent
HAMPERED BY GANG
"When Fredericks showed no inter
est in the story took it to the news
papers. A grand jury was called an6
the members of 1t asked me to take
charge of the investigation. Meantime
Harper thinking himself immune, de-
manded that he be investigated Their
told the grand jury that I would
conduct the investigation if Fredericks
were kept from the room. Fredericks
said he would leave me alone in the
investigation but he did not do so.
was hampered in every way. Ever
the night before I was to begin my
work with the jury, 100000 libel suit
was filed against me. Finally the libe
suits came so fast that all of then
totaled $115,O 900. I had one every morn
ing for breakfast. In way they were
complimentary for they placed me ap'
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