Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-05
TOPHAM SCORCHES
ATTY FREDER|CkS
Police Commissioner Says Anti
Saloon Endorsement In
wolves the Church
WHITEWASH BY DR.. CHAP MAN
Ministers Accused of Standing
Before Public as Approx
ing Dist. Attorney
NHITEWAsH BY DR.. CHAPMAN

churches in Los Angeles city and coun-
ty. He has made it an open letter tc
the church members of the county:
"To the pastors and church members
of Los Angeles city and county:
II regret at this time to have to take
issue with Dr. Erwin S. Chapman II
his attitude in the Fredericks matter
as secretary of the Anti-saloon league
Fully appreciating the work he has
done in advancing the temperance
movement, l yet feel would not DC
doing my full duty if / allowed his
position to go unchallenged.
"Dr. Chapman says that the Anti
saloon league represents the church in
action. Then you are the Anti-sa-
loon league. Your money does the
business of the league.
"The league has indorsed John D
Fredericks for district attorney and
your money will do all that money car
lawfully do to promote his election.
meanwhile a local morning paper
the recognized organ of the Southern
Pacific machine and the determined op-
ponent of the Good Government organ
ization, is doing the same thing. The
saloon is doing the same thing. What
positionl Church members and the
saloon walking hand in hand and
working cheek by jowl to achieve the
the devil laugh and angels weep. Either
the millennium has arrived, when the
lamb and the lion shall lie down to-
gether, or else some one is nightly
deceived.
SALOON KNOWS IT'S FRIEND
"Is the saloon apt to be deceived in
regard to its best interests? Does
the history of the past tend to show
that the saloon helps to elect to Office
men who will injure its business?
''Who is most likely to be mistaken
in regard to the merits of the candi-
date-Dr. Chapman, a man past 72
years of age and a personal friend
and brother church member of John
D. Fredericks, or the saloon organiza-
tion, with the almighty dollar in view:
Do you think that Fredericks has in
jured the business Of the saloon in the
past or is likely to do so in the future
since the saloon supports him?
your superintendent, DR.. Chapman
says Quoting from an article in the
Los Angeles Times of october 10
1900:
III should state that those who
opposed the reelection of the dis
trict attorney claim that he had
been neglectful of duty and in
some instances very suspiciously
connected with graft and bribery.
These charges were so serious that
proceeded with all possible vigor
to investigate each accusation, and
not one thus far has been found
to have any foundation in fact. In
stead the acts of the district attor-
ney which have been specified as
being derogatory to his character
or official record have, without ex-
ception, as far as I have been able
to ascertain, been of high degree
of merit and of great value to the
public service. There has not been
one respecting which / could not
say after careful examination,
We'll done, good and faithful serv-
ant
''I wouli like to ask what investi-
cation DR.. Chapman made and of what
his careful examination consisted? II
he has any source of information which
will successfully refute the serious
charges which have been brought
against the district attorney, then he
not only owes it to his principal but
to the public at large to make them
known to John D. Fredericks, so that
he can make plausible answer, at
least, to the people whom he ad-
dresses.
PEOPLE WANT BETTER THINGS
"The best reason we have heard
Fredericks give for his reelection is
that it is better to endure the ills that
we have than to fly to those we know
not of. Unfortunately for Fredericks,
that is not the attitude of mind of the
American people They are optimistic,
always hoping for something better
and willing to take some chances to
secure it.
"How does DR.. Chapman succeed in
whitewashing the charge that during
the years of 1907 and 1908 a hundred
or more houses of i'll repute were being
run in this city contrary to the state
law (according to the report of the
grand jury, that the district attorney
should have closed and did not?
"Dr. Chapman, in his sermons to Sc
cure subscriptions for the work of the
AntiSaloon league, is fond of making
the personal appeal, saying to his
hearers, IF is were YOUR boy
or YOUR girl who was being ruined by
the saloon, what would you do with the
saloon then?' I ask DR.. Chapman if II
had been HIS son or HIS daughter
Fwho had ben degraded, debauched and
ruined, as hundreds of others were
during the time that the worst form of
vice went unrebuked and unprosecuted
by the district attorney, would he then
say: We'll done, good and faithful
servant?
'tnurc1 uleIlDeTS, II II ndu DeeD
your boy or your girl who had gone
down to the blacklist depth of that
whirlpool of infamy, would you still in
dorse your superintendent and through
him John d. Fredericlls with a We'll
done, good and faithful servant?
CHURCH HOLDS BALANCE
us it reasonable to suppose that dur
ing the next four years attempts will
he made to establish the same condi-
tioh of things that existed in this city
in 1907 and 1908?
Church members, would you want
to have in the district attorneys office
in such a crisis the same man who
failed to do his duty before? If he is
put there you will be responsible, for
the church holds the balance OF power
in this election. If you join your
forces with those of the saloon, their
man viii be elected. Are you going to
follow DR.. Chapman and do that thing ?
"rhere were nine men and one wom-
an who indorsed DR. Chapman and by
that act put you before tn public as