The San Francisco call., 1910-05-08


peace had themselves photographed in attitudes Of
defiance seated in a machine and presenting Win
chester rifles at supposttious train robbers, and
they certainly made fine picture for the front page
OF a newspaper, but the Sacramento Bee has vul-
gar desire for results and remarks:
The gentlemen who sit in automobiles and dis
play their arsenaIs so consPlcuously on the front
pages OF the San francisco papers make a brave
bandits
PHIL STANTONS APoLOGIA
My friend Henry Kuchel of the Anaheirn Ca
zette IS having hard Shedding making apologies for
Phil Stanton's course in the legislature. Indeed,
these apologies were better left unsad. For exam
pie, one learns by way of apology for Stantons op-
position to the Denman bill providing for nonpar-
tisan nominations for judicial Offices that this meas
was the joke OF the last legislature" No doubt
it was joke to men like Stanton, but it was joke
that will return to plague them. 1t is the sort OF
Joke that shortly will be given the force of law with
or without Stantons consent. In his opposition to
this bill Stanton found himself in very bad COM
pany.
By the way, most OF the supreme court Justices
in public statement indorsed the Denman bill.
If Stanton IS he pretends, in favor of non
partisan judiciary, why did he not frame measure
OF his with this purpose?
CAN'T DELIVER THE GOODS
The San Bernardino Sun rejects the theory that
Stanton will be pulled of the gubernatoral race
and be made the candidate for lieutenant governor
AS to this theory the Sun says:
That would seem to necessitatc the formation
of OF a combination with of the
other three leading candidates for governor, yet
includes support that would split into about three
pieces. II this were attempted Without having
any direct information. we should presume that
more OF his strength would go Anderson than
to either Johnson or Curry but the present Los
Angeles movement behind Stanton would be
violently riven by effort to deliver to any of
his rivals.
his theory OF compromise and combination is
merely belated survival of the extinct political
methods that ruled under the convention system.
The politicians still thinking in terms of bar
gains and trades, which were easy of fulillment
under the old plan They not get it out of their
heads that a candidate can deliver his support to
some other man and take his pay in division of
the nominations. Under the direct primary the
bargain makers can not deliver the goods
TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER
Besides, Stanton is getting organization support
with quite different purpose. They back him in
the south because they hope he will pull away a
certain local following that would otherwise go to
Johnson, they backing Alden Ander-
III the north for the same reason
Now what do you suppose Ellery is in this
fight for' Who is putting UP the money for these
multifarious campaigns?
SHOULD HAVE STATUE
incidentally, observe that Ellery is given credit
III the newspapers as the Originator of the good
roads movement in California. This in state
where the late VIII Ashe devoted his lfesto unself-
ish work in promotion OF the good roads move
ment Will Ashe much in earnest and so
full of facts and figures this subject that people
came to regard him bore, indeed they gen
orally do any who earnestly insists on a
hobby. l believe | could find now at the bottom
of drawer in my desk wad OF statistics that Will
Ashe gave me to demonstrate the annual loss in
California for eggs broken in transportation over
bad roads.
I remember. once during session of the legis-
lature correspondent of San Francisco paper
sent to the home office from Sacramento an advance
telegram reading:
Am sending 1000. words Will Ashe good
roads"
There was an immediate consultation among
the editors to decide whether that correspondent
should should not be fired. The telegram, of
course. was joke
But if California ever develops system of good
roads, Will Ashe ought to have statue, because it
was his constant. untiring and unpaid work that
gave impetus and force to the movement
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