Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-02
Principle Of Teachings of Christ
Responsible for Remarkable
Ending Of Bitter Struggle at
Los Angeles,
LINCOLN STEFFINS Is
BEARER OF OLIVE BRANCH
Theory Of Christianity in Poll
tics Ably Presented to BuSi-
ness Men Of California By Fa-
nous Toledo Writer,

by Morning Journal special Leased wire.J
Los Angeles, Dec. 1.-The princi-
pies of the TEACHINGS Of Jesus Christ,
as they We're understood BY crowd
OF hard headed Los Angeles business
men, settled the Mcnamara trial to-
day. Nothing else entered in. This
was learned late tonight from un-
Improbable authority and was CON
firmed BY clatence s narow. chief
Of counsel for the defense.
Lincoln stelfens n mBgazlne writ
or and student OF political affairs,
brought from the Golden Rule town
OF Toledo, O., theory Of Christian
ltN In politics which was presented to
leaders IN Los Angeles business life,
discussed and finally adopted by them,
by Darrow as counsel for the Me-
Namaras, and finally BY the prosecu-
ton
The plan was first broached to one
or two men; these sounded others,
and in the end the great influences
behind the business and political life
of California and of the state ac-
cepted H.
For this reason, II was declared to-
night, the Mcnamara trial, instead Of
being pushed to desperate conclu-
sion with inevitable uncertainty, ang-
er and counter-charges came to
conclusion gladly accepted by the de-
Tense, which was not IN d position to
oppose 1t.
Stcffons brought 20 Los Angeles, SO
he said tonight, an idea that the
system of goyernment which he be-
lieved 70 have prevailed In Toledo
under the late mayor Golden Rule
Jones" and Mayor Brand Whitlock.
owed whatever good IL maintained Ia
the principle OF the so-caled Golden
Rule, Whatsoever We would that
men should do unto you, do ye even
50 unto them"
Impressed with this idea he asked
T. E. Gibson, an attorney ana former
prosecutor, about applying IL to Los
Angeles
"Laho" Is licked here" Steffens
said he toli Gibson In Substance. and
later repeated K In public speech.
what are you going to do about It?
Keep fighting? Keep ii licked? The
only peace YOU viii get here VIII come
from the Golden Rule, and that APP
plies to the Mcnamara case"
Gibbon saw other men, including
Harry Chandler. son-in-law Of Gen
eral Harrison Grey Otis, OF the Times,
and later Otis, himself, was seen.
Last Monday a gathering OF Los
Angeles business men was held, at
which the plan of proposing those
developments which eeentuated to-
day WIS discussed
10 these men the simple doctrine
of reconciliation was presented and
they argued 1t at length After that
other men, including Attorney Dar-
row We're seen. 1t came to he believed
by those who saw Darrow that facing
the great fight with what odds he
saw against him he would be glad to
arrange for his clients the terms
made today, as being better than they
might get under any other cireum-
stances
Then came the question In point
whether the prosecution should be
driven through regardless
District Attorney Fredericks was
seen.
tie ana Darrow conferred to better
result than before.
The climax came today when James
H. Mcnamara pleaded guilty to the
dynamlting of the Times; his brother
to the dynamiting of the Llewellyn
Iron Works, when all doubt as to tho
cause Of the tragedy otherwise mask
ed in mystery forever, was blown
away and the destinies of the two
men We're placed IN the hands OF
Judge Walter Bordwell to be deter
mined December s.
III simply was the application of
thc teachings OF Christ to the busi-
ness world said stcffens tonighlA IL.