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VOTE THE BONDS
PUBLIC bodies of Los Angeles are I
' taking an active part In tha
bonds campaign, and an ener
getic general canvass should be kept
up from now until election day. Our
citizens realise what the harbor and
power bonds mean to them, and real
izing this, will turn out to support
them. To vote the bondi will bo to
take advantage of a great opportunity
for the advancement of Los Angeles.
This is one. of the psychical periods
In the history of the metropolis. There
Is a tide In the affairs of cities as
well as of men which taken at the
Hood leads on to fortune. By voting the
bonds the people Of Los Angeles will
take the tide of prosperity at Its flood,
and the city will be carried forward
with Irresistible urge»to its great des
tiny, tho supremacy of the Pacific
coast.
By voting the bonds'the citizens of
Los Angeles will increase incalculably
the business efficiency of the metrop
olis. Thereafter It will be but a ques
tion of taking advantage of tho op
portunities provided by the success of
the bonds. Capital will be attracted
to Greater Los Angel.*, and will con
tribute heavy investments la the in
dustrialism that will grv<- Los Angeles
a high rank among thai manufacturing
and producing centers of the United
States.
By voting harbor and. power bonds,
the citizens will provide for two great
commercial needs. With a magnifi
cent harbor assured, and. with abun
dant power, the importance, wealth,
business, general prosperity and gen
eral efficiency of Greater Los An
geles will be Increased to an extent
that defies calculation. Me would he
a rash man who would sot bounds to
it. We believe Greater Los Angeles
is "coming into its own."
Fate is guiding It to its metropol
itan destiny. The public spirit, fear
less enterprise and irresistible energy
displayed in its various advances are
sure, and unmistakable signs of sue- |
cess. Among the cities of tho west
Great* r Los Angeles will be second
to i one, li v. ill be iho pride of the
Pacific and a triumphant justification
Of the value "f ethics In government,
of morality in civic life, Help our
magnificent Uncle Aleck town to
"come Into its own," and in the
triumph of the bond issue ■we- may
even ii'"i it in our hearts to forgive
the peevish parsons who not long ago
were asking m if wo wanted to niaki
a village out of Los Angeles by im
proving its governmental methods.
We never could see the-t^rtlnence
of the inquiry- Jiut since tlie ques
tion was asked wo have tal a great
pleasure in frequent repetition of it.
"Village or City?''
Part of tho answer to the question
it; already In evidence. But help an
swer it SOME MORE by voting the
bonds. Let us make, the success of
the bonds not only definite, but over
whelming, in the Los Angeles way.
Ask your friends and neighbors' to
help make i.., Angeles the greatest
maritime and Industrial city In the
west by voting the harbor and power
bonds. '.■
PRESIDENT TAFT AS A
PARTY WRECKER
IT IS a curious, and it should bo an
instructive, fact that under the
president who, as the head of the
party electing him, has had more to
say about hi.-) obligations to his party. ;
and, as the head of the country over
which he was chosen to preside, has
had less to say about his duty to his
country than any other president, the
Rei übllcan party has become more
torn with Internecine strife, and more
weakened before the voters of the
country than it has under any other
president that this party has chosen
In a generation. That such Is the case
"with President Tnft does not admit
of a moment's doubt. In the first
place, the country has never had a
president who after he assumed the
duties of his office as the head of the
nation, has had bo much to say In his
public speeches about the party that
elected him, find his duty to It, and
so little to say about his position as j
head of the nation and his duty to It,
as has President Taft.
Compare for a moment the public
addresses with which he has favored j
j his countrymen during tha little more ,
than a year that he has held office,
with the public addresses of Mr. Ttoose- i
volt while he was president of the
United States. Never once did the
latter forget that In speaking to his |
fellow citizens he was airing as the i
head of the nation, and when he spoke !
of his duty It was of hts duty to the
nation. In his public addresses Mr.
Roosevelt had nothing: to say about j
his party. "When he assumed the of
fice of president he appeared to forget
that he had ever been a member of I
any political party, and to only re- ]
member that he was the chief of a \
(Treat nation —the president of all Its
people.
With Mr. Taft exactly the opposite
has been true. In nil his public ad
dresses he has devoted nearly every
thine; that he. has had to say to de
fending and discussing the party that
elected him. Its policies, principles and
acts, and its future plant and pros
pects. He seems to have been unable ■
I to remember that he whs first of nil I
j the president of the United States, and
that in speaking to his fellow citizens
he. should speak as the president of the
United States, and not as the head of
a party. The result of all this solici
tude for his party's welfare seems
to have been pitiable Indeed. Never
within the memory of the present gen
eration has the Republican party or
ganization occupied so low a position
In the confidence of the public as It j
does today. This is Indicated by • very
election that has been held within
the last twelve months.
The election in the Fourteenth con
gressional district of Massachusetts of 1
the Democratic candidate by a ma- ;
jority of 5640, where two year: ago
the Republican candidate -was elected
by a majority of 14,230 Is only one of
many evidences of the dissatisfaction
of the people with Mr. Taft's party.
The election, for the first time In
history, of a Democratic state senator
1 In the Springfield district of Massachu
setts is another evidence of the low
estimation In which the Republican
party is held today by the voters of
the country.
The Wall Street Journal, a non
partisan financial organ, but one de
voted, of course, to the financial In
terests that It serves, says: "When the
Republican party last year kept its j
tariff promts 1 to the ear only, achlev
-1 ing a result which the beneficiaries
i fondly hoped might stand for another
ten years, almost every reputable news
paper In the United States point
out that it was taking dangerous
chances. Such criticism was unavail
ing. The Interests of the Rhode
Island woolen manufacturers weighed
more than all the people of the United
States. The tariff passed into law,
and with a fatuity which would be
ridiculous if It were not so exasper
ating, we were defiantly asked what we
were going to do about it. That ques
tion Is being answered as It always
has been answered soon or later in
this country. The. time comes when
the American people take a day off to
squelch their Cannons and Aldrlcheg.
and they usually make a thorough
job of it. The first muttering of the
coming storm is audible. The result
of the congressional election in the
Fourteenth district of Massachusetts is
the most deliberate and explicit com
ment upon the Payne-Aldrich tariff
that has yet been heard."
After taking its now famous poll
among the editors of tin. middle west,
the Chicago Tribune recently turned
its attention to collecting the senti
ments of the Independent and Repub
lican editors of the east. The Trib
une's question, "Do you Indorse the Al
drlch tariff law?" elicited only 197 at
flrmativa answers to 789 negatives Of J
these 789 papers declaring themselves j
unable to approve the new tariff 590
are Republican organs.
To the question, "Is Cannon your
choice for speaker?" 879 Independent
and Republican editors answered no,
while 156 editors declared themselves
In favor of Uncle Joe. In tho state
of Vermont only one editor placed >
himself on record as favoring the I
Payne-Aldrlch tariff law. In every
other state save Rhode Island, the Re
publican editors were overwhelmingly
against the law, and in Rhode Island,
the chief beneficiary of the shameful
und nameless woolen schedule, the
editors were, evenly divided, Of the
seventeen Republican editors in the
Fourteenth congressional district which
showed such a reversal of sentiment
in its recent election, sixteen re
corded themselves as opposed to the
Payne-Aldrii li law. while one responded
with an Indefinite Indorsement of it.
Ail the editors if that district recorded
themselves against the re-election of
Cannon us speaker.
Yet In face of all this deep-seated
public dissatisfaction and disgust,
Mr, aft, with .i fatuity which is as
tonishing and Inexplicable, insists on
defending the objectionable tariff law
to which he attached his approval.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1910.
t"^«v^_ *^^^^^j^^tqo^b w^kusvm^'&f *• Xr^^^^i £ ■ ~\f^ a cj *f 9 fi t&J 1 f f^* ft^ £m^ i
Scientist? Have Discovered 82,000,000 Microbes en a Single Dollar Bill
and seems happy in aligning html if
i! 1 Cai mm. who have ■
ne the two most unpopular 1 en
in the I'ni: l Btatei today.
Tf Mr. Taffs term as president
serves no 1.1 her useful end, it will at
serve the purpose of proving to
his country that the most partisan
lent is not only the poorest presi
dent for his co intry, but is also the
.-t presl 1' nt for his party. And
that may be ■< lesson worth while in
its effect upl" 'lie future of our coun
try and its politics.
UNION STATION NEEDED ,
IF THE corporation magnates wers
tc submit to popular vots the
question of a union depot they
would find the people of Greater Los
Angeles unanimously In favor of it.
Xo need of the city is more Generally
and mmv definitely recognised. The
Iling opinion is that nothing will
be satisfactory but a metropolitan sta
tion, not only suitable to the present
greatness and present wants of Los
Angeles, but illustrating the "looking
forward" spirit which expects with
conflden a Qreater Los Angelas ere
many yeari have passed will be v city
I of .1 million, with a bigger passenger
' traffic than any other city in the United
States.
Faith in the future of Los Al
is frequently expri ssed in words, but
faith without works is dead, and we
both hope and expect the responsible
heads of 111 • • vast traffic Interests that
arc centered In Qreater Los Angeles
will recognise the necessity of exhib
iting forethought In station construe
n.'ii and will provide a union depot of
metropolitan dimensions, metropolitan
equipment and metropolitan architec
tural 'grace and dignity, cxi mplifying
In every detail and in every aspect the
spirit and the genius of Qreater Los
Angeles and demonstrating to the
world the L,«s Angeles way.
Bo Bob Mantell's clever wife had
all her trunks stolen from a train.
it's a great Btunt. There's nothing
like enthusiasm in a good i ause. This
adventure has the old-fashioned Jewel
ry robbery relegated to eflfi t
. the boldness of a bad thief who
calmly walked oft with nine big trunks,;
property of an actress!
Great building gains of Lo« Angeles
are being commented on In other cities.
Especially are the eastern papers ex
ercised and enlightened by the fact
i...s Vngeles in March Bhowed a gain
of 4:1 per cent In building construction
totals, while San Francisco reported a
deer tase of 47 per cent.
Public school kite tournament will
bo held today. The schoolboy
Greater Los Angeles by their expert-j
mints are familiarising themselves
with the lir.st principles, of aviation.
Los Angeles will be the aviation head- 1
quarters of the United Btates.
Southern California editors are about
to take an excursion in order to note
the effects of their boosting. Adver
tising and Irrigation have been the
making of Southern California. While
we laud water, don't let's forgel to
chant a paean for ink.
The latest metropolitan park planned
is Eagle Rock park, which will be by
far the most picturesque in Greater
Los Angeles area; and, with the ex
ception of the great national reser
vations, the most beautiful in the
United states.
Los Angeles harbor will be a paying
investment. History of harbors all
over the world shows enterprise and
development are quickly rewarded by
munificent returns.
Boost the bonds.
Up Against It
PUBLIC LETTER BOX
To CO HJt&SPON DENTS —l.rttcn Intended for publication matt Inl tt<iiinij>H.ili'il by
the liamr end address of tiie writer Tl'e ll'mld Kites the lllitest lalltuuo to c <>r;r»|)<mit
tuts, but ihmui no impossibility fur their tltm
STATE LAWS AS RELATED
. TO PROTECTION OF WOMEN
LOS ANGELES, April T.—[Editor
Herald]: I want to thank you for your
many excellent, manly editorials In fa
vor of woman suffrage. E*-Gov, Folk
of Missouri says: "The sentiment In '
favor of woman suffrage Is growing
rapidly, and It Is no longer a matter ct
ridicule."
Because In the average happy hu- i
man family the mother's rights are •
protected, there are many people in all .
classes of society who believe that
woman is already a favored Individual
and that she has no wrongs or" which
to complain.
But we cannot Judge of woman by a
superficial view of the more fortunate
women; 90 writes Agnes H. Downing
in the Progressive Woman.
Turning to the laws of California to
■i a how the personal liberty of women
is protected we find:
Penal code, section 266 a: "Every per
son who, within this state, takes any
male person against her will and
without her consent, or with her con
sent procured by fraudulent Induce- j
I ment or misrepresentation," etc., "Is
punishable by Imprisonment In the I
state prison not 1 si ling five years
and a fine not exceeding 11000."
One must notice that there is no
minimum penalty. The offender may
be found guilty and get a sentence of
1 lily one dollar and one day.
Amos O. Warren (in his book, "Amer
ican Charities") says that among the
girls who are victims of evil institu
tions are the feeble-minded an 1 those
! bordering on feeble-mlndedness,
j These things could not exist except
i by the protection of the police and poli
ticians of the. cities, S. B. McClure said
recently that "90 per cent of tin wom
en leading an evil life are held In sub
-1 jection by men who are helped by the
police of our cities."
i lam bo glad to know that a league
of men has been organized in Southern
! California to work for the political
i emancipation of women.
CAROLINE WHARTON.
SAYS UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITY
RENDERS WORKERS HELPLESS
i.i is ANGELES. April 7.—[Editor
Herald]: "Unearned increment" is
precisely the proper term for growth
: Of land values since Increment mmns
j growth, It would R?em to me a singu
i larly Inappropriate term to apply to
! unjust prosit In shoe manufacturing.
However, 1 will grant Mr. White that
robbery li robbery, whether effected by
j land monopoly, money monopoly or
any ether means. The one important
: question is—how are we to get rid of
I it ?
i Not in human society alone but
I throughout all nature the weak are
I trample under foot. If we eh 1 rue
! nature with cruelty she replies: "I am
■ trying so hard to teach you that your
! first fluty is to be strong; to eliminate
nil sources of weakness." Eliminate
the weakness impose! on ninety-nine,
men out of every hundred by artificial
laws and you will find that the social
I problem will solve itself.
Wage-earners accept less than their
work is worth because they cannot
help themselves. Stupid social ar
rangements, which their own stupidity
is answerable for, have made them
helpless. Chief among the methods of
rendering the ordinary man helpless
is granting money the privilege of
buying up this earth and charging trib
ute for Its use. This earth of ours Is
very rich; full of all sorts of wealth
that labor had no hand in making
but should have the opportunity of
developing. Give that opportunity.
I repeat that starvation wages are
accepted because the starveling can
not help himself. Remove his arti
ficial weakness; put him in a position
as commanding as that of the other
fellow, and he will make his own bar
gain far better than Mr. White or
any Socialist commonwealth can make
it for him.
We have evolved from feudalism—
which meant government by order—
into the ago of contract. What is
wanted Is to place the contracting
parties on an equal footing-.
SINGLE TAKER.
VISITOR PLEADS IN BEHALF
OF CIGAR STAND CLERKS
r.os ANGELES, April <'>■ (Editor
Herald]: As a visitor t.> r, m Am I
1 wis amased to tind that while the
saloons are closed (and rightly, too).
Sundays, cigar stands are
to remain open all over the city, i
have been given to understand those
stands are principally owned by com*
panles and that the clerks who are lii
atten usually engaged from
fo'irteen to sixteen hours daily. What
this represents for a six-day week
can be readily conceived, but when it
Is boms In mind that Sunday bl
them no relief, then any person with
.1 spark of humanitarian sympathy for
his fellow oreaturea must recognise
that men a condition of affairs should
not be allowed to continue.
Los Angelei boasts of its Christian
ity and civilisation and possibly this
blot upon her fair name has escaped
the notice of 111 • powers that be, but
if ever a grievance demanded redress
re lly the 1 ausi of the white ciu.ir
stand slaves is one.
Again, uhat Is tin use of our
churches if .t large number of our fel
low cite,-.' . ■ barred from eiiter-
I in'; them by being compelled to labor
: „n the gabbalh?
There is I!"T Hie ],■„ t reaS'in why
business should be- affect i financially
by tiie dosing of the cigar stands
VISITOR.
DISAGREES WITH C. F.'S
WEALTH AND LABOR VIEWS
BUENA PARK, April 4.—11-:
Herald]: C. !•'. in your issue of April
1 Bays: "Wealth is product of labor;
only one-half truth."
This man has a lot on Broo
ib- waits for labor to Increase It in
value, then gather in the profits and
goes down to church and donates the
poor parson a little, then U''ts down
on his marrowbones and thanks his
H iily Father that he is not
as other men arc down in Pittsburg.
Xow my kind friend. C. F., tell me
the difference between these systems
of grafting.
There is no wealth produc d without
labor, when you simmer it down. I
don't care what you tlii;ik is wealth,
whether it be surplus or not. Every
thing that is useful is wealth.
By what means did this wealth pass
from lie- producer to the non-produc
eisv Through tine'- channels: rents,
interest and profits. The mission of
Hie Socialist party is to eradicate these
three channels, FARMER JONES.
PAPA'S PET
"Fifteen-two and a p-.ir makes four,"
said Bubbubs, who wai playing crib
bage with I'upley. "What have you in
your crib?"
"Ah!" replied Popley, absent-minded
ly, "just the sweetest little ootsums
tootsums girl In the world."—Catholic
Standard and Times.
THE REPORTER'S ENVOY
When earth's la»t pniior is printed, and the
forms ami the metal are coM,
When the newest scandal Is ancient, and the
latest extra is sold,
We .-Kail loaf— Lord, how wo need It!—
with nothing at all to do
Till the boss of the perfect paper shall call us
to work anew.
And then we shall work as we'd Ilka to, each
on hiH own machine;
And the truth shall be In our copy and noth
ing shall Intervene; i
We shall write real stories about them—beg
gar and millionaire
For an editor keen and fearless, a, paper that's
on the square.
We shall work in a rush and a hurry, for that
Is tho goodly Game,
And we shall not dig In the gutter for stories
of filth and shame;
And the copy-readers above u« shall leave our
"features" alone,
And the stories that nil the columns we shall
recognize a* our own!
We «hall have no fool assignments, no cruel
missions of pain,
To torture the broken-hearted or blacken the
sinner's stain;
We shall scoop and hi' scooped a-plenty, we
shall love the flurry and noise,
We shall fight with the buslnoss office an i
fuss with tho copy-boys; *jV,"
Hut each of us shall bo human, and each of
us shall be free
To write the thing as he see» It for the Paper
That Ought to Be. '-^",
—Borton Braley, in Fuck. I
Laws Should Be Enacted That Will
Punish Trust Conspirators Properly
(Snn Plcko Tribune)
TRUST prosecutions continue In state
and nation, and the abuses prac
ticed by the trusts continue un
abated as far M the common peop
can see. It seems to be a act that
most of the victor. gained by t c
„„,,,,, over the trusts are not of the
kind that tend to check the existing
evns. and th? sufferings of the people
are not lessened. As the years roll on
the federal officials of the succeeding
administrations point to what has been
accomplished by them against the
trusts and the money power, and _ tin
list of successes seems to be woetuny
St Three-fourths of the victories are of
no material benefit to the people, nd
painful as it may seem, the list of cor
poration attorneys employed by me
money power to combat the govern
| ment find loopholes of escape in tne
laws and afford means for the plunder
bund to continue its nefarious work,
[seems to contain practically all of the
most brilliant and brainy men In the
legal profession that, are not on the
bench.
The salaries offered by the govern
ment are as a rule much below those
1 offered by the great corporations, and
! consequently the brains of the coun
try are to be found in the camp of the
. enemy. The laws they seek to nullify,
Hid more often than not succeed In so
lioins 1 . offer a fertile field for the enters
prising lawyer of the trusts, and the
prosecutions Instituted by the govern
ment often result In fines that are mere
bagatelles.
If there Is *ny one thing that Is sap
ping the moral life of the people it is
the un ■■>] for money. Every man in
public life sooner or later finds his
pathway blocked by the money power
i when he attempts to work reforms for
What Will Be the Attitude of the Local
Independent Republicans to Czarism?
(R\imbold< T!m«e)
IN view of the recent exhibition of J
rebellion against czar rule given
by the so-called "insurgent" Re
publicans in congress, in shearing
Speaker Cannon of his power over tho
rules committee, an Interesting specu
lation may be indulged as to hat the
attitude of the independent Republicans
In tic lower house of our legislature |
I may be next winter, in so far as the
»am« relates to the great power here
tofore wielded by th ■ speaker of that
organisation.
What Speaker Cannon has so long
born doing In the house of represen
tatives at Washington, on assorted lot
of speakers named by the state ma
Chine have for years done In our legis- ;
lature. The system was the same at
Sacramento ■" It was in Washington. ,
Now that czarism has been overthrown.
in a measure at least, in the halls of
congress, will It not he possible to
curb the powers of those whom the
machlns may hereafter succeed In seat
ing us speakers of our assembly?
Of course, there Is more than a mere
possibility—there Is a strong probabil
ity— the speaker of the next as
sembly will not bo a machine man.
There is reason to hope that under the
direct primary system the Republicans
In the several counties of California i
will succeed this fall In nominating and
electing legislative candidates who will
go to Sacramento for other purposes
than obeying the dictates of a fow ma
chine "bosses."
The • .I-, powers of a speaker under
the present system. If vested In a man
of right stamp, could be made to oper-
All Candidates Should Be Asked to
Declare Themselves on Gambling Laws
mUK ObJtCt Of the anti racetrack
gambling law passed by the last
A i ii,is been in large d<
gre, del ated by the nei nl di
„, ti,,. state Bupn me i Qurt that It does
not Interfere with oral betting—betting
by word of mouth, with no written
I, Tiiis decision follows the courts
„i the itate ol New York, construing
the original law, which wa« coined by
the California legislature.
The act in question Is itrlngent in its
provision! against poolselllng and
booktnaking, but was not Intended to
•it such betting between individ
uals, other than bookmakers or i I
b Hers as has always I n common at
nu ■■ trai ks. Ha,l all and every form "i
betting been Included, the passage of
the measure might not have been ac
complished.
But both In Mew York and California
the racetrack gamblers have taken ad
, o t thi looi hole left them In the
They have evaded Its prohibition
by doing their business in an oral way
on the racetrack, with no writing,
book entries or stake-holding done pub
bul protecting themselves by ■ on
fining their transactions to persons
known to them to be financially re
sponsible or who •■establish credit" by
depositing money with them In ad
vance.
Although in »UCh cases tnc-rr may be
no moral doubt thai thi law i In ef
fect violate,i, it has been found very
difficult, or practically Impossible, to
secure uny jury convictions under such
Nation Is Now Awakening to
Need of Sanity on Fourth
THE advance of the movement to
reform the barbaric celebration of
the Fourth of July affords an ll
lustration of how the slow popular
awakening to an abuse leads In time
to remedial measures. Action Is now
being taken by municipal bodies all
over the country to suppress the dead
ly features of the old order of things.
A committee of the Philadelphia city
government, for example, is consider
ing what change shall bo made there,
and at a recent meeting Dr. W. W.
Keen present d statistics which showed
that the dead and wounded following
the Fourth Of July celebrations In seven
years were five times greater than
the casualties from bullet wounds dur
ing the Spanish-American war. Every
body admits that war Is a great evil,
yet here Is a greater one. an Indefensi
ble national folly. Dr. Keen's figures
are worth giving for the general in
formation, as follows:
In seven years wo have sacrificed on
the Fourth of July precisely five, times
the number of deaths from wounds In
the Spanish-American war. The total
number of deaths from wounds In that
war was 806, the number of deaths
from disease being 2910. In the seven
years from 1903 to 1909 the number
killed in celebrating the Fourth of July
was 1631 persons, an annual average or
219. From the statistics gathered by
the American Medical association It
was shown that In 1909 there were 150
cases of tetanus (lockjaw) reported, of
which number 125 died, as against only
seventy-six In the year previous. The
blank cartridge i# M*» Most 4ojugeroua
the people that would react against
the corporation! and compel them to
take cognisance of the rights or others.
In the supremo court of the United
States next week will be heard argu
ments for and against tho rates or
dered by the Interstate commereo
commission In the Missouri river cases.
These rates, ordered nearly two years
ago, have never been granted by tho
railroads The fight has been carried
through court after court, nnd if tho
supreme court sustains the decision of
the commission a now order will l>*
necexasary late this year and tho whole
question must be fought over ngafo.
If i!,.. railroads win It will be but one
more striking example of the utter In
adequacy of the laws enacted In behalf
of the 'people by the men who are
elected to congress by the people, paid
by Hie people to do their work, and
in spite of nil this calmly pass meas
ures that afterward prove the undoing
of the people, It la i fine game and
so far the American people, knowing
all this well, have been content to
await the action of somo leader who
In the end will find his tusk fruitless
and his employers thankless.
The sentiment or the country Is
slowly setting toward the onnrttnont of
laws that will compel relief. Thoso
laws should make violations of them
felonies punishable by a term of years
In penitentiaries. It docs no good to
tine ,-i corporation or a wealthy man.
He cheerfully pays the One and re
sumes his course as though nothing
had happened, What does a fine, sig
nify to him? It Is only an Incident to
the business he is engaged in. He or
the trust could afford to pay a dozen
fines, break ■ few moro laws and re
gain the money within a comparatively
short time.
-1 it" for the benefit of the people. Them
is no doubt of that. but the fact that
a well-meaning man may wield extra
ordinary power would not alter tlui
principle that concentration of the pre
rogative! of despotism In the Individual
la in. (insistent with those Ideas of gov
ernment upon which our system I*
based. A good man might exercise
such power for Rood at one session,
and a bad man might wield them to
the ends of evil at the next session.
Under the existing rules of our as
sembly, the speaker names all com
mittees. Including the rules commit
tee. The committees are the real or
ganizations of the assembly. In tin
past the chairmanships and assign
ments have been bartered off in cold
blood for fixed agreements of fealty to
; the machine. The bosses have chosen
the speaker. After Ills election they
have dictated his committee appoint
ments. The rest cam© easy.
Why would it not be a good idea
for the next legislature, In the lower
house, to ii.iii!" from the Roof a com
mittee on committees, and thus give
the members an opporuntiy of shaping
the assembly organization?
We have no doubt that this has
been thought of by many persons In
terested in legislation, and we can see
j no particular reason why It should
not he tried. If the Independent Re
i publicans control the house, they can
name a proper committee. If they
are In the minority, they may at least
partially break tho grip of the ma
chine forces, and get a much squarer
deal than if this Important function is
left to a machine speaker. v!>' ;
(Surramrnto Bw)
circumstances, because conspiracy
among the parties accused must be
proved, beyond a reasonable doubt.
So gambling on the races has con
tinue:], and there Is need of legisla
tion prohibiting oral betting. This may
seem to trench on personal freedom,
'but It is plain that all good citizens
should be willing to forego the privi
lege of betting among themselves, for
the sake of the general welfare. Under
;m.v circumstances betting Is a bad
habit, a vice, which anybody should
Willingly relinquish.
Racetrack gambling ami poolrooms
an such great evils that they should
,be suppressed at any cost. They am
not needful to racing as an honest
sport. As matter of fact, the racing
at Emeryville Is a mere swindle, a
trap for the unwary. Tho odds given
by bookmakers and pool sellers are
never fair, but always outrageously
against the outside bettor, and the
races are not honestly run.
Emeryville is an organized schema
of plunder, a school of vice and crime,
the direct road to ruin for men and
women of all ages and conditions, a
milker of thieves and prostitutes. It is
a crying shame and disgrace to Cali
fornia, a devil's blot that should be
wiped from the fair face of the state.
Every candidate for the governor
ship, 'be senate or the assembly should
! be required to declare himself on this
i racetrack gambling question. It Is cor
! tain to be one of the great Issues be
! [ore the next legislature,.
of all explosive! used and produces
marly twice the number Of deaths re
sulting from gunshot wounds. Of the
160 cases of tetanus reported last, year
blank cartridges were responsible for
180 of them. A comparison of the num
ber killed and Injured in Philadelphia
and New York without restrictive legis
lation with that In Baltimore, Cleve
land and Washington, with restrictive
legislation, shows some Interesting re
sults. Of all tho cities New York stood
first last year, with seven killed and
(59 injured. Philadelphia next, with
nine killed and 508 injured. Against
these Baltimore had none killed and
only five Injured; Cleveland three, killed
ami sixty-three injured, and Washing
ton none killed, with twelve injured.
Nothing could be more illuminating
than this demonstration. No possible
defense can be admitted for the neglect
to adopt precautionary measures that
would have prevented the killing of
seven people in New York and the in
jury of 509, and the killing of nine in
Philadelphia and the injury of 508—
these results following the proceedings
c.f a single day in the year. The amaz
ing thing is that the American peopln
have been so reluctant to recognize a
plain duty. Dr. Keen was supported ay
the Philadelphia hearing by other phy
sicians, hospital superintendents, tn«
heads of woman's clubs and others. So
conclusive was the demonstration made
that the representatives of the fire
works dealers could only argue for a
restricted sale of explosives, Instead of
an absolute prohibition of the sale or
discharge of all.