Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-05

supporting Fredericks. Compare them
with the hundreds of men of the GOOD
Government organization-men VINO
have worked INCREASINGLY for the best
interest of this city and county, and
decide whether the hundreds or the
ten is most likely to form a correct
judgment.
"Can there be moments hesltatloh
in your minds?
"When it comes to the question of
telling the truth, whose word would
you prefer to accept-that of Mayor
Alexander or John D. F'redericks? DO
you not think that Fredericks must
have a very weak case when the pest
defense he can make is to throw out
insinuations against such men as Ed
ward J. Fleming, Guy Eddie ana
George Alexander?
"Your superintendent will tell you
that Fredericks closed large NUMBER
of blind pigs. True. But was 1t not
his duty to do so? Let us see II he
did his whole duty in those cases. Dr..
Chapman said:
Cant. Fredericks voluntarily came
to the superintendent and stated
that he would constantly be faith
full to his official oath in the en-
forcement of all laws found upon
the statute books, making no excep-
tions. as had at other times been
made of laws pertaining to the nq-
uor traffic. In making this state
ment he made two requests TO the
patrons of the league:
First, that we would give him IN
formation respecting our convic-
tions that liquor was being sold in
violation of law, and
"HIGHER UPS" NOT CAUGHT
Second, that we would, after con-
u s,zfA 7af ion
leave the case entirely in his hands;
and, said he, all the expense of Sc
curing evidence and of prosecuting
the case shall devolve upon the
county, as do the prosecutions OF
other cases of law breaking.
please read the second request that
the district attorney made. NOW, re-
call the complaints that have come
from the places where these blind pigs
existed, viz, that the mgher-ups, the
men really responsible for the existence
of the blind pigs, were unprosecuted,
while some subordinate was convicted
and fined, with the result that illegal
Houor selling would soon be going on
as before, and there would be another
blind pig to be roasted to add to my
record
q ''Now can you Sc why the district
attorney made that second request and
cure his own evidence? He could pros
ecute whom he pleased.
"Now can you understand why the
saloon interests are supporting Fred
ericks? Woolwine might get after the
wrong man and really injure their
business.
ministers of Los Angeles county, are
you going to stand before the public
as indorsing Fredericks for district at
torney? You and your churches are
the Anti-Saloon league. Unless you
utterly repudiate the action of your
superintendent, you stand before the
people of this county committed to the
support of Fredericks, along with the
Times, the Southern Pacific machine
and the saloons.
'In the army and navy, when man
is court-martialed the indictment that
he did not do his utmost is sufficient,
if proved against him, to lose him his
commission. Is the standard of the
church any lower than that of the army
and navy?
Church members, if you have not
done your utmost to help elect the right
man and defeat the wrong man, then
you are responsible if the wrong man
is elected, and also responsible for the
consequences which way follow.
"JOHN. TOPHAM,
County Supt. of Temperance Dept,
Sunday School Union"