Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-16
State Politics.

The most outspoken critic of Hiram
johnson in the crowd which heard him
tear the Southern Pacific to pieces at
the corner of Third and e streets the
other night was Frank B. Daley's
horse, which was hitched to telegraph
pole on the opposite side of the street
1t may be merely circumstance, but
the horses owner Is attorney for the
Southern Pacific in these parts. At
each of Hiram's perorations, Daley's
horse tried to climb the telegraph pole
and paw down the curbing at the same
time. Hiram shot a wrathful glance at
the horse a time or two, as he did at
the automobiles which now and then
puffed through the crowd. Daley tried
in vain to soothe the anger of his horse.
When he would rear up alongside the
telegraph pole the owner would give
him a gentle kick in the Stats and then
pat him on. the nose and in other ways
tried to calm the indignant beast.
Finally, In desperation, and close to the
end of the speech, he Kissed into the
horses ear: stand still, durn We; can't
you stand little roasting Of the South
ern Pacific without behaving in that
manner?"-San Bernardino Index.
If the gubernatorial candidates are
to be taken at their word, the state
will have to purchase about four addi-
tional governor chairs at Sacramento
this winter.-San Bernardino Index.
The congressional campaign has de-
Heloped the fact that the present tariff
Injuries the canned fruit industry by
protecting the tin plate trust, sub
sidiary corporation of the steel trust.
Tie president of the California Can
80 hot AtaA anFa
ners must pay much higher price for
tin and that the difference is added to
the price of the goods and paid for by
the consumer.-Chico Enterprise.
Anderson, Curry and Johnson are go
ing to lot of trouble to win the honor
of receiving a political licking from one
Theodore Bell of Napa, who has al
ready been selected by the people to act
as governor for the four years follow
ing next January.-Marin County Toe
sin.
Alden Anderson has billed California
with a handsome lot of show bills for
the engagement on August 16. II he
gets vote for every poster which
adorns the boards, windows and dead
walls from Hanford to San Francisco
he will be the next nominee for gov
ernor. Curry's pictures come next, but
they are not so numerous as Ander-
son stamford Sentinel
Hiram Johnson's campaign has been
the most economical ever carried on by
a gubernatorial candidate. He has
gone about the state in his own auto
mobile, driven by his own sons. His
meetings have been generally provided
by enthusiastic supporters in the To-
calities where they have beeen held. AS
he boasts, he has made campaign IN
nearly every county Of the state with
out sacrificing one bit of his tndepeh-
dence or one whit of his decency
Every newspaper supporting him has
done so without reward or hope of re-
ward-from conscientious and patriotic
motives alone. He has no hired advo-
Gates or adherents. His advertising has
been of the simplest and cheapest char
acter.-Niles Press.
Preachers should not mix in politics
very much, but if they DO one would
naturally expect to find them on the
reform rather than on the machine side,
and it Is certainly not in good taste for
a minister to ridicule a. mans profess
sion because his father is a sinner
There os a point in all their talk re-
f1ecting on Hiram johnson because OF
his parentage that ought to set old
tainly ought to concern an old gray
whiskered and gray headed man to
have it thus brought home to him from
all parts Of a great state like Callrornla
that his public acts throughout long
career have been such as to reflect
upon his son and handicap hirp In an
honest effort to win public APPROVAL
Selma Iirrigator.
Tall. about adding insult to injury!
The ringsters in the legislature did all
in their power to mutilate the direct
primary law, and now they cite against
the principle the very defects for
which they are responsible. Pasadena
News.
California is being very carefully
watched by other parts of the coun-
try. The fact that we are about TO
hold an election under direct pri-
mary law has been heralded abroad
and the Golden state is on trial
Oakland Enquirer.