Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-12
LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 1870
SAN PEDRO HOLDS
A ROUS|NG RALLY
San Francisco Attorney and Sac
ramento Business Man Urge
Votes for Johnson

SAN PEDRO, Aug. 11.-For nearly
two hours tonight a big crowd stood
in the street in front of the city hall
and listened to speeches denouncing
the standpatters in congress and Wig
orously applaudlng the exposure Of
their betrayal of promises in the plat
form of the party.
One of the severest arraignments Of
Cannonism was made by Charles S.
Wheeler an attorney of San Fran
cisco graft prosecution. He brought
the audience face to face with the
political issues in the campaign. He
outlined the failure of congress to keep
the party pledges, praised the stand of
the insurgents and urged the voters to
cast their ballots for Hiram Johnson.
Another strong appeal to support
Johnson was made by Harris Vein
stock a prominent merchant of San
Francisco and Sacramento, who is an
old friend and neighbor of the can
didate in whose interest the meeting
was held.
STEPHENS ADDRESS
w. D. stephens presided at the meet
ing. In his opening remarks he said:
There has, as you know, been a po-
litical disturbance in Kansas, Iowa
and other states. l believe the next
congress will be of a progressive COM
plexion. 1t Is important to drive the
corporations out of national as well as
state politics.
''I want to say to you that If you
send me to congress as your represen-
tative I will never vote for Joseph G..
Cannon as speaker of the house Of
representatives
DR.. E. M. Butler, candidate for the
legislature, confined his talk to the
general issues in the campaign for good
government.
]. H. De La Monte, Frank Forbes
and DIR. Sherwin Gibbons made short
talks.
Frank Hutton presented his candi-
dacy for district attorney in strong
plea for good government. Said he:
''It is inconceivable that our people
will allow the opportunity to eliminate
the Southern Pacific Railroad company
from the control of our government
You know the conditions of the past,
but you who have not come in con-
tact with the means and men used by
the allied interests to control our gov
ernment affairs little know the lengths
to which those same men will go to
make you believe that their connection
with the Southern Pacific machine are
perfectly innocent.
Take, for example, Leon F. Moss,
Judge of the superior court, one-time
campaign manager for the Republican
county central committee, who in di-
rectlng the campaign did not want the
public to become aware of the fact
that Walter Parker was the manager,
so the arrangement of the offices Of
the central committee being convenient,
a bridge was constructed across a light
we'll from the secretary's office to the
office of Leon F. Moss as campaign
manager. When the boss desired to
visit the campaign manager by the
means of this bridge he was able to do
so free from the eyes. of the public,
and the worthy campaign manager
was thereby protected from critics.
This same campaign manager was re-
warded for his many years of faithful
service to the Southern Pacific ma
chine by an appointment to the su-
perior bench of this county
FREDERICKS' DEPUTIES
"Take the case of the appointment Of
H. S. G.. Mccartney and Percy Ham
mon to positions in the district attor-
ney's office. Mccartney was for years
the faithful and diligent worker for
the special interests in the assembly
and state senate. Percy Harmon, of
river bed franchise fame in the city
council of Los Angeles, sought and re-
ceived an appointment in the district
attorneys office, first as clerk, then as
deputy. The reasons for his appoint
ment may be found in the record of his
votes on machine bills in the sessions
of 190749.
During the time Mccartney has
been a deputy in the Office of the dis
trict attorney he has served on and
drawn pay for serving on at least one
commission created by the legislature.
He has drawn pay from the county as
a deputy district attorney, he has
drawn a salary from the state of
$1,000 for each session of the legisla-
ture and has received additional sums
from the state for his commission
work. In addition Mccartney has re-
ceived regular retainers from private
clients and has practiced law III addi-
ton to his regular duties as a deputy
district attorney.
~. d. Fredericks known these facts
to be true, and yet he has repeatedly
reappointed these two legislators to
Office in direct violation of the state
that Mccartney and
Harmon, the servants of the South
ern Pacific machine, might prosper"
Harris Weinstock, Charles 8.
Wheeler and others of the men who
spoke at the meeting tonight will also
address the citizens .of Long Beach at
a rally to be held there tomorrow,
+ riday, night, and at rally to be
held in Blanchard hall, Los Angeles,
Saturday night.