The San Francisco call., 1910-07-10

its most grotesque and at the same time most
embarrassing development. In that city the park,
commission ht to abolish at swoop the
jobs of fourteen park watchmen and the ousted
fourteen very naturally resented this extraordinary
and unprecedented action 1t is indeed an accepted
rule of politics that job once created becomes
immortal You may change the job holder, but
the job goes on forever. These rudely elected
watchmen accordingly in the referendum
convenient instrument to things up with the
revolutionary commission so they started petition
and got sufficient signatures to hold up the ordl-
nance subject to a special election to ratify
rescnd it, Now the city council is confronted with
the alternative of resembling the ordinance going
with the special election, which will cost some
$4,000. That would be about much as the
salaries Of the watchmen for year. The council
can Of course, refer the question to vote at the
next general election, but in the meantime the
watchmen fortified in office by the referendum.
A WICKED CORPORATION
Again in Los Angeles the Edison company, which
supplies electric light for the town, has converted
the referendum to its wicked purposes with results
thus described by the Santa Barbara Independent:
Oh, WOW! The Enemy" has stolen The
Pippul's gun! The Edison company has sprung
the referendum on the people OF Los Angeles,
The hated a s 1Takth7t 3 I low ] down
say, It happened IN tins way; @ The . Los angeles
expert but actually found out for themselves
to distribute it and what the returns to the com
panies). and the commission decided that the 9
cent rate The Los Angeles city council was
the electric combine dos Well they have found
that they can't do business" with the present Los
Angeles city government. The old way wouldn't
go Then the Edisons and the Los Angeles gas
and electric got together-they long have been
plan Of acton Employees Of the Companies we're
sent out to secure signers to petition calling for
refere vote 1.yEheth thert the Shoud
pay cents or cents per kilowatt hour for
electricity You know what the people will do
with the rate if they ever permitted to vote on
It But the companies win delay, they annoy and
Election: or special election fo the b purpose Is
not called but voting is delayed until the time Of I
which to charge the higher rate.
SHAKES THE LYRE
The misfortunes that seem to attend on the
bronco referendum in Los Angeles have inspired
anonymous poet of that town to vent these
rhymes:
Now, CASEY. was garbageman, and drew his
eartin' Of dead dogs, an cats, an other things.
But Casey had an argument with the city dads
And there'n be referendum in the morning
Now, the wife OF William swinkelton Kotowovitch
Teephoned her loving hubby home and
But the lady in the kitchen who refuses to be
Has got referendum out this morning
So up and down around the town most any time
o day,
When things are running crosswise and you find
there's hell to pay,
You'll hear the fellows mutter-and their troubles
fade
I'll get referendum in the morning
Maybe Flannery could borrow referendum to
put him back on the job.
SOME CRAVEN IMAGES
Congressman Julius Kahn proposes that the Cali
forna vacancies in the hall of fame at Washington
shall be filled with statuary as soon as possible
| scarcely know which OF our worthless should be
selected as the victims but have an assortment
OF superfuous and discouraging statuary on show
in this city that could very we'll be spared for
Washington use with advantage to the general
appearance of the town. If it be objected that
these. unnecessary statues not built to fit any
be overcome by resorting to the ingenious device
of French adventurer who made himself persona
grata with the king of Cambodia by supplying him
with ready made efigy He simply bought
second hand equestrian statue of Napoleon III
sawed it off at the neck and screwed on a head
made in the eflgy of his royal hghness. Then
he persuaded the king to tax his grateful subjects
for the price and inscribed the monument:
"Norodom, King of Cambodia- Erected by His
Grateful Mandarins and People
There are several statues in San Francisco that
would be improved by decapitation, no matter
whose un1ucky image might be substituted.
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