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Population of Los Angeles 327,685
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
gfttfftTiPeVmULljMA
AT THE THEATERS
AUDITORIUMFIorence Roberts In "Glo
ria."
BEfjASCO— "Th« Garden of Urn."
IIITRBAVK— "The Lion and the »I..us«.'
OB.\NI> Ix>ve Tales of Hoffman."
lAm AM3EJJS—Vaudeville.
MAJESTIC—"The Prince of Tonlrht."
MASON —"Th» Merry Widow."
?lIKI>SE>' — (drama).
OIiYMFIC — farce.
ORPllßUM—Vaudeville.
MUNCESS—MusicaI farce.
POLE VAULTING
AN ATHLETE who i* ;itt''n<ling the.
University of Southern California
can cletr the bar in n pol" v.iuil
at twelve fret three Inches. Only two
other eoltegfani In the United States
can rival this wonderful performance.
Ajiii "wonderful" is the correct adjec
tive. Xnt ;i great many years ago a
pel* vault Of twelve feet or better
would have been called impossible.
Here is another instance of the fact
lhat men are only beginning to find
OUt what they can do. If they will use
their discoveries for good, and not for
evil, they will go on finding out, and
who shall venture to set a limitation
to their achievements or discoveries?
An old pong Bays, "Whatever man
dues he can do." That In true. More,
whatever man Is sure he can achieve
lie can achieve.
This in one of the latest conclusions
of students of mental science (we speak
absolutely and not in terms of char
latanism). They perceive that evMTf
achievement, accomplishment, work or
act is the expression of thought; and
therefore they are beginning to put the
horse before the cart and appreciate
the fact that action Is a development
of thought, and the more a man thinks
he can do the more he can do, and
whatever man dares ho may do.
Many people believe there will be new
and more wonderful records in pole
vaulting. Therefore, look out for those
records, for they will be made.
And the same holds good of every
department of human activity.
JOURNALISM'S LOSS
BY THE feud and unexpected deatli
of Robert W. Patterson, editor-in
chief of the Chicago Tribune,
American journalism has l".kt one of Its
best exponents and representatives.
Here was a sane, healthy-minded man,
■well informed, experienced and original
who believed the function of a paper
was not to pander to depraved t
but to Instill by example, suggestion
and selection Instruction that would be
profitable.
Some American papers have rounded
a wide circle, and gone hack to the be
ginning of things Journalistic when the
biggest liar or the most adroit dis
torter of truth -was the must renowned
newspaper man.
The function of ri ble modern
editors, from Greeley's day to the pres
i m time, has been to try to Inform
American journalism with the spirit ol
Americanism; and to report untoward
events in the discerning sj.ii it of far-
Seeing men who know they ,v
"necessary" evils, and In time will be
overcome or eliminated by thi
from American life of the car.MM whii h
produce them.
"CLKAN UP—AND LOOK I I, is
the motto of progressive and con
tious journalists, whoso profession by
the death of Mr. Patterson has suf
i a loss only exceeded by the pub
lic's loss.
Establishment of a federal stamshiip
line is more important to the Pacific
coast than the Panama exposition, and,
speaking of expositions, don't forget
lilucky Sau Diego is "still in the ring." j
PEACE
LET fighting admirals talk war, for
'tis their nature to. You cannot
expect a man whose broad and
butter, prestige and power are depend
ent on the maintenance of military es-
tablishments to be a stronuoujs peace
advocate. But the taxpayers of civil
ized countries should ?e« to It that the
talons of the. professional fighting
cocks are clipped.
This is a commercial and not a mili
tary age, and tr> make war in order to
gain new markets is only old piracy re
vived on a new scale. Professional
warriors who In times of profound
peace talk of possible military combi
nations, etc.. are talking in the spirit
of their trade, a calling that Is utterly
inconsistent with modern ethics and
civilization.
General Sherman's declaration "War
la heJl" should have ended it. Why
should men. In spite of warning and
reproof, persist In making de,vils of
themselves? To slay and destroy Is an
Ignoble and not <'i noble ambition. In
cendiarism, murder, rapine, gross cruel
ty to animals as well as to men—that's
war. Every effort should be made by
r ..;f respecting people to take, the glam
our off this most Infernal crime.
Andrew Carnegie's best deed is his
bncklng of the International Peace
society. So powerful are the wealthy
men of the world, a solid combination
on their part, that would control and
withhold the sinews of war—the sup
ply of money that must be guaranteed
hrforo a civilized government sends
forth Its murderous troops—would help
to bring about peace. The profits fle
rlved from war loans are very great.
Tennyson spoke of the time when the
war drums will throb no longer and
the battle-flags forever will be furled.
That tlmo will come when grasping
' men or greedy nations no longer will
wish to add to their gains by aiding
and abetting the slaughter of their fel
low men. Then, and not till then, will
thoro be perpetual peace. ,
No longer ho«U encount'ring host*
Shall countless slain deplore.
Thpv'll hang the trumpet on the wall
And study war no more.
CITY OF DESTINY
LOS ANGELES bank clearings for
four weeks of March amounted to
$66,670,036. Value represented by
building permits was $1,541,500. Oak
land reported bank clearings, $13,010,
--073; Sacramento, $5,182,844; San Diego,
$5,107,167. In comparison with other
great cities of the United States, Los
Angeles shows a growth that is steady
and Is more evenly distributed over the
year than Is the growth of eastern
cities. This is due to climatic condi
tions, which permit building operations
to be conducted practically all the year
round. Bearing this in mind, and rec
ollecting also the vast Increase of re
sources that will come with Increased
development, with the completion of
tho Panama canal and with the open
ing up of South American, oriental and
Australasian trad*, tba future, metro
politan supremacy of Los Angeles In
tlin west is praotirally demonstrable.
In the course of Its wonderful his
tory it has overtaken and passed city
after city nnd has taken a higher and
higher position In the list of lending
cities. To advance in the Los Angeles
way, and the future progress of the
city will accomplish more remarkable
results than thoso that have been
achieved in the past.
Bradstreet's review of building ex
penditures proves that for a year past
New York lin 3 shown percentages of
decrease in all the boroughs constitut
ing the metropolis, said decrease rang
ing from 9.4 In Manhattan to 48.1 in
Brooklyn.
BUT LOS ANQELEB SCORED AX
INCREABH EQUIVALENT to 173.4
PER CENT.
Among cities showing decreases were
San Francisco, Washington, D. C;
Denver, Colo.: Milwaukee, Wls.; Chi
cago, 111., and Cincinnati, Cleveland
and Columbus, O.
The activity, the growth and the en
terprise of Greater Los Angeles are
hurrying It onward to the destiny it
must be PREPARED to meet, for the
• risibility It must be READY to
assume; for it is manifest fate has in
store for Greater Los Angeles nothing
less than the supremacy of the Pacific,
the leadership of the west.
BEST IN WEST
PLANS for "the biggest and best
hotel in the west" are being pre
1. It will bB built In Los An
peles, the be»t city in the west and
goon to I"- the bluest. The hotel will
rfot be built only "became Los Angeles
Is a tourist town." No tourist trade
(with all due respect to it) oould pos
sibly support a structure like that
which Is plnnnpil. Tourists ar« well
taken care of in thn hotels of Greater
Los Angeles. But many of the guests
are now people who come to the west
for business purposes, or who occupy
rooms or suites at the hotels for months
at a time. There Is a great Steady
trade as well as a huge transient trade,
and as Los Angeles grows bigger, as
the city Itself is increased in size and
In population, the necessity for bigger
hotels is demonstrated.
Nut many years after the establish
ment of the biggest and beet hotel in
tho west Greater Los Angeles will be
i upon to build the biggest and
best hotel in the world.
We hope heartily all our readers (and
we, too) may live until long- after the
completion of the Panama canal. In
the first few years after that world
event we shall have the pleasure of
seeing Los Angeles one of the, greatest
cities in the western hemisphere, ex
tending its Important boundaries tar
and wide, and supporting the greatest
hotels, greatest stores, greatest indus
tries and greatest men and women in
the United. States.
To a ceri kin extent President Taft is
correct The present tariff law la the
best for the trusts ever placed upon
the statute books.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MON DAY &ORNINGh APRIL 4, 1010.
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END BOSSISM!
ii'T} AXE the Judiciary out of poll-
I tics," says Judge Wilbur, and
-*- his reasons why are many and
convincing—nay, overwhelming.
In the light of Judge Wilbur's state
ments it Is evident the menace of ma
chine politics threatens an independent
Judiciary as well as other free Institu
tions. "WE ARE IN' DANGER OF
THE JUDGE FEARING THE BOSS
RATHER THAN FEARING THE
PEOPLE, WHEN HE OUGHT TO
FEAR NEITHER."
Our civilization will not be emanci
pated and our form of government will
not be demonstrated at its best until
the machine boss in American politics
is as obsolete as King George's gov
ernors.
As President Taft worrio sovcr the
statement of the political situation he
is preparing for Colonel Roosevelt no
doubt he wishes a Pickwickian con
struction could be placed on the record
of the administration and that, by an
"agreement between gentlemen," two
and two might be conceded to yield
five upon skillful addition. But, alas
for the erring! Roosevelt knows no
deal but the square deal!
Willing Workers of Sinai congrega
tion represent a large and influential
portion of the population of Greater
Los Angeles. The Willing Workers'
bazaar will contain many novel fea
tures, notably the Palestine booth.
Citizens of all churches and creeds
should show their appreciation of the
Willing Workers by patronizing the
bazaar.
Dr. Clarence A. Barbour told the
members of the boys' department of
the Young Men's Christian association
"no life is worth while which has not
in It the factor of hard work." For
that reason, as well as others, society
should make provision by which every
man should have the right to work
and the opportunity of working.
Colonel Roosevelt's triumphal jour
ney home is quite the biggest interna
tional event. Roosevelt is first in war,
first In peace and first in the hearts
of his countrymen In every part of
the world. And truly, In these travel
ing days the round earth seems to
be well salted with wandering Amer
icans.
Assist In the harbor and power
bonds campaign. With its sui
Oreater Los Angeles will begin a,n
other stage of the journey toward
western commercial, maritime and
metropolitan supremacy. Date of elec
tion is April 19. Be a bond booster.
Thanks to good government, Los An
geles finds itself safely in the met
ropolitan class, with prospects of un
limited expansion and boundless pros
perity. Two influences are harmful
to a city. One is the plague; the other
Is vicious government.
It is occasionally the lot of a good
man to have a "wicked partner." Poor
Mr. Carnegie now finds himself har
assed by many partners who, to put
it mildly, are in trouble. Never again
will be say vast wealth is not demor
alizing.
We don't care whether It is (ailed
union "depot" or union "station." This
we do know: Los Angeles needs a big
new depot. The Arcade represents Los
Angeles of yesterday, not Greater l.<>-
Angeles of today and tomorrow.
A federal steamship line could be
operated to the mutual advantage of
all the cities of the Pacific coast, on
this proposition they should be mem
bers of the Get-Together club. In
union there will be strength.
Work for and boost the harbor and
power bondi In the r-os Angeles way.
Date of election April 19.
To the Woodshed
Public Letter Box
TO CfIHHBfPII.NDK.NTS- Letter* Intended
for publication must be accompanied by th«
Dame anil :i,itir:'>» of tlir writer. The llrritld
glTes tb« widest !utll"le to «-orre*pondfali,
bat ««itnmi»« en r#»#iinn»«(MllrT tar their views.
Letters most not rTrrxd 300 word*.
DENOUNCES INCOME TAX AS
ONLY CHARITY IN DISGUISE
LOS ANOELKS, April I.—[Editor
Herald]: Your Atolla correspondent,
who favors an Income tax, writes: j
"Men of the Carneglra caliber know
what an opportunity is. What would
a Rockefeller do If ho was to lead the,
people? Tnke up something which only
a minority believed In, or that which
had a majority— a largo majority—be
hind it."
I submit that the writer dors Mr.
Rockefeller a profound Injustice; that j
there is nothing whatever in his career ,
to justify the assumption that he does ;
things because a majority believes In
them. On the contrary, he acts strictly
according to what he. Individually,
believes to be sound business—likely to
Ito result in what he seeks, money.
Whether the majority likes it or not
does not concern him. The sole ques
tion ii whether the method adopted
will realize the end sought.
That Is precisely the reason why the
strong individual goes through the
weak and wobbly mass llko a knife
through butter. The ordinary man is
everlastingly ask In* himself what oth
ers think, but the exceptional man
considers only the facts of the case.
I care not how many favor that last
Infirmity of feeble minds, the income
j tax. To me it is sufficient that the In
come tax is fundamentally unsound,
and for this reason: The existence of
colossal wealth and appalling poverty
Is clearly due to Inequitable social ar
rangements. Therefore, until more
equitable and Intelligent social arrange
ments are adopted these monstrous
disparities will continue. The advocate
of the Income tax does not propose to
change the Institutions that lead to
such results. Not at nil. He says:
"Let them go on as before, and then,
when they have produced their inevi
table result, we will swoop down and
get back part of the millionaire booty."
The Income tax proposition Is ex
actly on all fours with the private
philanthropy of Carnegie, Rockefeller
& Co., who give back part of the plun
der unjust laws have enabled them to
extract end call it "charity."
T. K. O.
BAYS COST OF LIVING RISE
EXCEEDS WAGE INCREASE
I,os ANGELES, April I.—[Editor
Herald]: The real cost of fjn article
is that portion of labor, time, physical
or mental, which is expi nded in order
to MOUrt the article. Wages represent
the market value nf labor-time, and
while wages may differ in different
countrlet for the lamt work, the real
cost of ;i commodity, or labor-time re
quired, may ba the same, For in
stance, if John Doe in the United
State! receives $2 a day and flve
pounds of rice cost 50 cents, one-fourth
of. a day's labor, while Richard Roe
in Japan or China receives $1 and Ove
poundi of rice ' osts 25 cents, one
fourth of has clay's wages, the real cost
is the sarnc in both cases.
Commodities are advanced in cost
by either reducing wages or raiding
the price of an article. John Doe's
wanes are cut to $1.50, the rice now
costs one-third of his wages, or th«
rue i': advanced to fiou cents, while.
John still gets $2. The result Is the
same.
The fundamental reason for advance
in the cost of commodities is the cheap
ness of labor, and whether this takes
the form of high prices or reduction
of wages depends on the cost of pro
ducing the means of exchange, which
is gold. A plentiful supply of gold
and improved mining processes have
cheapened gold. Improved machinery
and a plentiful supply of laborers have
cheapened the purchasing 1 power of la
bor-time.- Therefore wages have not
advanced to meet the rise In prices,
which would have been the case if labor
had not been cheapened. If gold had
not become cheaper wages' would have
been reduced as labor-time decreased
in value. ■'■ ::,
It can thus be seen that the present
economic conditions result in the
cheapness of labor as the fundamental
cause of advanced cost of living anil
that It is owing to a largo supply of
gold that this is manifested in high
prices. WILLIAM A. DELL.
The State Press
SI NNYV.M,rc FLOAT
There are several reasons why our people
should send a float to take part In the Rose
Carnival parade at San Jose a month hence.
One of these reasons Is that our own Inter
ests would he advanced thereby through
the advertising this town would obtain.
There will bo thousands of strangers In
ban Jose at the time of the carnival, and
most» of these would see our float, and a
considerable number would probably be
struck by the name Sunnyvale, and be led
to make Inquiries concerning It. — Sunny
vale Standard.
nOf'KY'B DELI"SION
As nearly as wo can get at It. Mr. Rocke
feller believes that the Almighty confer!
on him the rare genius for rounding up
dollars In his own Inimitable way. "to be
dispensed according to the dictates of his
confidence." The Almighty Is In the mean.
time thoughtful enough to turn his head
the other way while it Is being scooped to
gether. The element of conscience, It will
be observed, has to do with the giving
only. — Pasadena Star.
error or nnsmn
A 16-year-old boy was sent to the peni
tentiary by a northern Judge and Governor
Gtllett very properly reproves the magis
trate and has the lad sent to some other
Institution, where the Influences will be bet
ter for one of such tender years. A su
perior Judge who has no more sense of
humanity than to send a youngster of 10 to
the state penitentiary ought to be breaking
rock himself.—Redlands Review.
POSTAI, SAVINGS BANKS
Oakland has given an object lesson ar
gument In favor of postal savings banks.
It has a public school savings bank sys
tem that is only a few months old, yet It
has a large sum on deposit. It Is equal
to .75 for each pupil In the schools, and
the children are learning from It the habit
of saving their nickels Instead of wasting
them. —Stockton Independent.
Horr.ruL shixs
When all of the business Interests of
the land, putting aside questionable meth
ods of money-getting, really want honest
laws honestly administered, they will no
doubt find, a way of having their wishes
compiled with. Numerous evidences of
■men a growing desire are hopeful signs of
the times. —Marysville Appeal.
RICH PRIZE
Fifty million tons of coal In the Cun
nlnKha.ni group of claims In Alaska, mined
at a net profit of 60 cents a ton, makes
126,000,000.
With a prize like that within Its grasp,
no wonder the Ousgcnhelm-Morgan Alaska
Syndicate Is at work with its underground
—Sacramento Bee.
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AI.L RKIIIT, REVKHMKI)
A Baltimore woman has applied for dl
vorce on the ground that the French count
■he married turned out to be a cook. There
would have been no kick coming If a man
who married an alleged countes« found out
that she was a cook, and a good one. —
Riverside Press.
Far and Wide
NOT KNTHI'SIAKTIC
We have no idea that the stock «x
--chancre will close and give Wall street a
chance to go down to the dock* and wel
come Mr. Roosovclt when he returns from
his foreign trip. —St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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THE RB.VI. THIMf)
For o!" uriat ;:.irlno frauds, a Ohirngo man
hai be«n scnifiiml to i>ay a lino of $15,000
and serve six years in prison. There's
nothing luggestlve of the Imitation abuut
that, anyway.- nctroit Journal.
—4* —
i;\U', \KIIASSMKNT
It the Democrats In consivss have not
■eared Wade Ellis off the K ,,vernrnent pay
roll they liiive at least made his retention
on it Bomewhat embarrassing to the admin
istration.—St. r/Ou!s Star.
foMi:s NATUEAIi
Senator Wetmore presents resolutions de
manding tbe ratting of the Maine. Raising
anything ought to ho congenial work for
the statesmen who "revised" our tariff. —
Providence Bulletin.
a
CAN STAY HOME
It is safe to say that the present occu
pant of the Whlta Huu?e will not have
■ srate to t'Kanda to escape the sus
picion of dictating to his »ucoe»sor. —Prov-
Idenoe Journal.
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IKKSITIWHI.E J,l ROPE
Receptions (extended to Mr. Fairbanks and
thoM plannad for Mr. Roosevelt prove
that Europe feels sure there Is enough
hospitable enthusiasm to go 'round.—Wash
ington Star.
Vr
PEOPLE Bi^KH, WHAT?
Senator aim* of New York says that
the railroads "retained him." So did the
people, hut he doesn't seem to think it
worth mentioning. — Philadelphia North
American.
Herald Investigates Standing
of Christian Science "Exposer"
SOME TIME ago one Frederick Pea
hody appeared in Ix>b Angeles and
offered The Herald and other
papers for publication, at advertising
rates, a notice in which he was de
scribed as "A prominent member of the
Huston bar," and announcing that he
would deliver a lecture "BBcpoSUlg
Christian Science." The terms of the
notice were bo offensive to Christian
Scientists that The Herald refused it
a place In Its rolumiiH, test U It would
have refused to publish for any con
sideration that might have hi on of
fered an advertisement reflecting ui>oti
the religlouß beliefs and offensive to
the followers of the Baptist, Catholic,
Methodist, Presbytorinn or any other
church. Because Mr, Peahody's not ire
wns refused publication by several
papers In Ix>s Angeles he took occasion
when he delivered his lecture to criti
cise these papers very harshly, and to
arouse them of having been bought or
bribed by the followers of Christian
Science to exclude his notice from their
columns, of course this wu absolutely
untrue with reference to The Herald,
and we presume with reference to
every other Loi Anpeie.x newspaper
that refused to publish his notice. The
Herald never accepts any pay for re
ports thai it publishes of the services
lin the various churches in the city,
for the reason that it regards the pub
lication of such reports as being a
contribution to the moral advancement
of the community, which every public
journal can wall afford to make.
Mr. Peabody's lecture, which was ad
vertised as an expose of Christian
Science, abounded In reflections upon
that branch of religion, and some of
his references to its founder, Mrs.
l'xldy, were characterized by anything
but good tustc.
As a result of his accusations against
the newspapers of tint city which had
refused to publish the notice of his
lecture a. resolution was passed at one
of his meetings criticising the news
papere fur their action in the matter.
The Herald for its own Information
has gone t<> sum.' pains to ascertain
exactly who Mr, IVabody is, and What
his professional and personal standing
is In the city at Koston, where he
claims his home. Tho result of tho
Information collected by Tho Herald is
as follows:
First. Mr. J'eabody is not a member
of the Rar association of the city of
PoKton. which presumably includes
about all the attorneys of pood stand
inc. and certainly all the ■prominent"
attorneys of that city.
Secondly. In the list of cases reached
for trial by Jury in tho courts of record
of the city of Roston from October,
IBM to June. 1909, both inclusive, tho
name of Frederick Peahody docs not
appear as counsel In a single instance.
Thirdly. Mr. Peabody's name does
Here Is a Curious Portrait of a
Crafty and Designing Politician
THE old guard In the New York leg
islature has expelled State Senator
Allds for bribery, but It was a bit
ter dose, swallowed with sore reluc
tance. No further punishment awaits
AIM*.
The statute of limitations lias run
against his offense—but public feeling la
so strong in the matter that the cor
rupt combination of Republicans and
Democrats that has dominated the leg
islature .for years did not dare white
wash that scoundrelly comrade whom
so recently it had honored by making
him president pro tern, of the senate.
Besides taking bribes for blocking
legislation In the interest of a bridge
company, it was proved that Allds had
been paid thousands of dollars for ser
vices under the state fish and game
■commission out of appropriations which
ho had persuaded the legislature to
grant. The defense was that, In spite
of his opportunities, A lids was a poor
man, working hard to support his
mother. All these charges were held
by Allds' fellow rascals and his de
fenders to be a malicious attack on the
widow and the orphan. His counsel,
Martin Littleton, after bringing in the
widow in the case, proceeded in this
curiously turgid vein of eloquence with
sarcastic Intent:
"And this is the man who in 1901 be
gan to take toll of every honest piece
of legislation that came along. This
Is the mammoth grafter who has do
posit boxes in Canada, and the furtive
suggestion was made in one of , these
fertile minded papers that this Is the
P.H. McCarthy Is Proving Splendid
Mayor for the Hon. Patrick Calhoun
IF P. H. McCarthy should serve the
people with but half the zeal he
displays in furthering the interests
of Patrick Calhoun he would soon rank
with San Francisco's mobt successful
mayors At present his record all runs
on? way. Take yesterday's work as
an instance. in ft single afternoon be
did two good turns for Calhoun. and
as a natural consequence, two bad
turns for the people. supervisors after
Mayor McCarthy's supervisors after
a consultation with their chief, sud
denly became deeply impressed with
an imaginary fear that if they followed
the advice of the city attorney and
ordered the United Railroads to put in
a switch and run the Sutler streetcars
to the ferry on the inner tracks of
lower Market street such action would
Imperil the rights claimed by the city
for the Geary street ""inlcipa . road,
the very, same road which P. .H. Mc-
Carthy fought so bitterly In the bond
campaign a few months ago.
The same afternoon Mayor Mc-
Carthy's supervisors, taking program
from their chief, became impressed
With the well grounded fear that the
existence of Patrick Calhoun's news
paper, the Post-Globe, would be im
periled if it wore not given the con-
Remove All Doubt of Cause
of the Destruction of the Maine
AFTER twelve years the government
seems likely to raise the Maine
from the slime at the bottom of
tlio harbor of Havana. The plea that it
Is unjust to leave such an obstruction
to navigation in the foremost port of
Cuba Is apparently to bear fruit at last.
In view of this prospect, petitions are
being circulated in Jersey City usklng
that the military mast and fighting top
of the ill-fated ship be given to that
city to be erectel In a proposed mili
tary, park. The idea is to add an inter
esting feature to a municipal pleasure
ground.
No doubt other cities will ask for
Other parts of tho Maine if this reque t
■hall be granted, and it will rest with
congreai to way whether or not they
shall be so distributed. Thero seems
appear in frequent instances on the
records of the courts of Boston In the
capacity of defendant in numerous
Milts which have boon brought against,
him for the recovery of various sums
of money.
i He appears as defendant in the, suit
of Jordan, Marsh As 00. for a large bill
of- merchandise furnished his family.
His grocer appears as plaintiff in a
.suit against him to recover for gro
ceries furnished him.
His paperhanger sued him to recover
the value of services rendered. _
Ho appears to have been sued by his
landlord for a whole year's rent. *
In each and every case which has.
Bern Investigated for The Herald
judgment was rendered for the plaintiff
against Mr. Peabody.
On several occasions he has resorted
to loan offices and raised money on hie
personal possessions.
The records of mortgages upon per
sonal property of the city of Boston
show three mortgages upon the con
tents of his law office.
He appears to have. given notes
freely, and the holders of these notes
are shown by tho court records of the
city of Boston to have had the satis
faction of securing judgment in the
courts against him*
Fourthly. One of the most serious
indictments which Mr. Peabody pre
tended to bring against Christian
Science in his lecture was that It "In
vaded the sanctity of tho homo" and
interfered with the happiness of do
mestic life. • .•■?'.'■■
Mr.. Peabody's career in Boston does
not appear to qualify him as a critic
upon this particular point. Tho rec
ords of the Boston courts show that he
brought a suit for divorce against his
wife on tho ground of desertion. His
wife filed an answer In which she set
up that she had abandoned him he
cause he had failed for years to sup
port her and their little girls, and that
she was driven to seek employment by
Which she and the children could live.
Mr. Peabody's action for divorce was
dismissed. I>ator when he filed a see
oiid action for divorce his wife ap
parently did not consider him worth
a struggle to keep, *o that sho failed
to answer, and a decree by default was
entered.
Kvldence establishing the foregoing
statements as to Mr. Peabody's repu
tation and standing as a lawyer and
character ns a man in the community
he calls hin home are based upon evi
dence In the. form of certified copies of
court records in tho possession of The
Herald. As shown by these COWI rec
ords, Mr. Peabody does not appeal
qualified to criticise any religious de
nomination, and Tho Herald Is more
than ever satisfied that it actod prop
erly In refusing to publish tho adver
tisement which ho offered it.
(San Francltco Call)
man who has buried money In earthen
Jars In the pellucid waters of the
Adlrondacks; this is the man who hns
undiscovered argosies floating about
the path finders and deer slayers of the
country, which oven the hawk-eyed
Hawkshawß on the other side could
not lind. Midasllke. everything he has
touched has turned to gold. Out of this
Ifland, v.'th its palaces, with Its won
derful embellishments! anil glories, we
learn that Allds contributed the stu
pendous sum of $35. along with Mr.
Bonney on tho other .side of the case.
H? has two yachts that he "testifies
ahout—two magnificent steam throb
bing vessels that, as they ply the
mighty main of the foamy waters of
some deserted lake, represent about
thirty feet In length and three feet in
width, and travel with the acceleration
of a lightning bug.
"This Is the mighty man of graft
about whom has gathered all the news
paper talk. He Is the man who has
grafted on the Capltollan hill. He Is
the man who has made the air foul —Jo
Allds —-iiid yet, when you read tho
story of his life, in these hard and hu
miliating circumstances disclosed by his
bank account and record, you read
but 'tho short and simple annals of
the poor." "
This curious portrait of a rascal, pro
vided with a halo by his lawyer, was
not readily recognizable; It was too
crude for acceptance by even the sur
vivors of the "black horse cavalry"
that used to cut up the spoil during
tho reign of Tom Platt.
(Fnn Francisco Hullettn)
tract for tho city jirintinpr. The Post-
Glohi: got the contract, although the
Bulletin, with an Incomparably larger
circulation, and able, therefore, to give
the great publctty which advertisers
desire, had In a bid for an equal
amount. That, however, is a minor
point, for the reason tli'it the Mullet In
assured the printing committee of tlm
board of supervisors that If new bids
wcro called for the city would Eft Its
printing done at a much lower price.
The committee accepted the suggestion,
but Mayor McCarthy, ever zealous In
the eauso of Patrl<li Calhoun. con
vinced his "boys" on the board that,
regardless of the committee's ndvlce,
they .shi.uld vote against roadvertislnfj
for bids. If Mayor McCarthy's super
visors hart followed the recommenda
tion of the committed many thoMands
of dollars would have been saved to
tin , ity, but P. 11. McCarthy preferred
tn divert that mon>y to t'.ie pocket of
his friend and ally in ordtr that tha
Post-Globe may continue to oppose the
interests of the people.
Surely that was ,i good afternoon's
work lor Patrick Calhoun. Purely It Is
idle to ask at this time, "Who owns
the city?" That question answers
itself.
(San Jose Herald.)
to be no good reason why interesting
souvenirs of a historic ship should not
be given to cities that especially desire
them.
But all this is trifling In contrast
with the rights of truth and Justice.
The great reason why the Maine ought
to be raised instead of blown to pieces
with dynamite and left in the mud at
the bottom of the bay of Havana is tha
obvious need of clearing up all doubt
of tho cause of the destruction of the
ship.
In tho long view of history the Amer
ican republic cannot afford to leava
open to question the nature of the ex
plosion which wrecked the Maine. Jus
tice must be done to Spain if the bat
tleship was not blown up from outside.
In any case the truth must be mado
known. Nothing less will serve tho
needs of the nation and of the world.