Imperial Valley press., 1910-09-03
PORK BARREL PATRIOTISM.

The editor of weekly paper Angeles lamens the defeat of James Mcchan who sought renomnaon for Rep resentative in Congress- and says:
 Mr. McLachlan may have been his that and the other but he had been long enough to know how to land things for and he did send large juicy bits from the pork barrel to Southern California"
 similar plea for the renominaton of S. c. Smith in this district before the primary and is being urged for his reelection The supporters of Smith do not quite to assert that he has sent juicy bits from the pork barre Imperial County for this region has had direct appropriations for public buildings improvements of but they he has done great things for the valley and is in position to do and they his election be- he grab chunk two of pork out of the barrel when he has opportunity Smith, they is closer to the barrel than could hope to get in several terms
 matter of fact Mr. Smith has done nothing his own initiative for Imperial Valley When requested directly duce work for the of for the relief of settlers protection of their canals he has done what other in his place would have done and what in his place would dare refuse to do and that the full measure of his service the interests of this portion of his district
 if Mr. Smith had grabbed whole barrel of pork and Imperial Valley would that ente him to the support desire that business of the Nation shall managed with honestly economy and justice and for the benefit of the whole people rather than the interests of the privileged few?
 Let us look at Mr. Smiths record and ascertain he questions of vital interest to all the people of the United States In recent speech conservation Theodore Roosevelt said: <%@-. transfer the water sites the national forests and the public domain the control of the states cannot state too strongly my belief that these unwse and that it would be disastrous to enact them into law.
 n substance their effect would be to free these great spec a interests from all effective control The passage of such bill would be victory of the special interests the welfare and long backward down the hill of progress have of late been climbing"
 Smith introduced least of those evil bills jealous advocate of the policy strongly denounced by Roose welt He has opposed every ep in the interest of electric power corporations the of the waters of Owens by city of Los Angeles and has tried to oruc in every possible way, the building of the great aqueduct 4
 In the fight against Cannonsm in the House. Smith voted always with the Cannon crowd and against the insurgents the tariff b he voted always with Payne and Aldrich against fumen good faith of the pledge of the Republican party revise the tariff give the people square
 What Smith the special benefit of part of his district is of little importance in determining bis usefulness in Congress What has he for-or to-the again? What do the people of this county desire uicy bit from the pork barre for the people square deal all around? They answered the last question primary when they clear majority of than twenty cent of the party vote to his opponent of whom little known other than the fact that he nsurgen" That vote showed clearly than anything did the voters of this county do their thinking reading are neither machinemade partsans pork barrel patriots
 In view of Smiths record and the at the primary piece of mpudent presumption is the plank of the platform of the Republican county convenon written by petty politician and adopted perfunctoy delegates who hardly listened to the reading that pretends pledge to Smith support of all citizens Imperial Valley desire forward the valleys best interests"