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FALSE STATEMENTS
CORRECTED
AN article in the last num
ber of the "Graphic"
which contains statements
to the effect that there has been
a change of ownership and con
trol of The Herald is so entirely
unfounded and misleading as to
require some attention at the
hands of the undersigned as
president of the company which
publishes this paper.
There has been no change in
the ownership, as represented.
In the whole "Graphic" article
there was not one statement con
cerning the ownership and con
trol of The Herald that was en
tirely true and most of them
were entirely false.
Since I became president of
The Herald company I have been
in absolute control of the conduct
and policy of the paper, and am
so today. The only possible basis
for the statement published in
the "Graphic" appears to have
been that some days' ago Mr.
Blakeley Hall, an eastern news
paper man of large experience in
all branches of newspaper man
agement, was placed by me in the
office of the paper as the direct
representative of myself as presi
dent. This was done because it
was believed that Mr. Hall's
knowledge and ability would be of
benefit to the paper and especial
ly to the business management
of it.
If the time ever comes when
my full control over the policies
of The Herald shall cease, I will
be the first to announce that fact
and in no event would my name
be permitted to be connected with
the naper unless I had full control
of it. T. E. GIBBON.
RAPID PROGRESS
How easy it Is <fnr those who ha'
means) t,, escape from c-ivil-
Isatlon even in tlii?- strenuous
•■. ■ - shown by the fa< i the
tie nf Btrenuousnena himself was
so fai removed from the hurly burls
that only (Ik other day he had the
experience of beholding for the first
time an aeroplane In flight.
During Col. Rooeevelt'a brief absence
from civilisation some of the must
endous developments In the his
tory of mankind took place, princi
pal iino; | i hem being ihe comparative
tion "' the flying machine, which
nted with
when I" 1 took to the Afrl
jinii Ik now .-Hi accepted scientific and
useful eonveniem c.
Col. Roosevelt recognizes the possl
bllltlei of aviation foi '■> II aa well aa
for good, and is in favor of a third
pea.ee confer n c at 1 !
the purpose of adjusting the various
complications and <Jlff< i 01 in
ion Which might be used as an excuse
for making air navigation a so-called
'••iniliUiry necessity."
HELP THE GOOD GOVERN
MENT FUND
THE HERALD takes pleasure In I
giving space in Its columns this
morning to an appeal made by
the trustees of the Good Government
fund to all good citizens to increase
this fund.
Probably no one Instrumentality has
contributed so much to the present ex
cellent government which our city Is
enjoying as has the use of this fund to
finance the late Good Government cam
paign. The application of the fund is
not Intended to be confined to muni
cipal politics. On the contrary, it is
designed to make It of the same effect
In giving us good county government ]
as it has been in securing good city
government. The county campaign is |
now coming on and it is very impor
tant to everyone who has an interest
In our community, either as a citizen
In favor of decent and moral govern
ment or as a taxpayer In favor of eco
nomical government, to see tliat this
most effective instrumentality is
strengthened as much as possible.
We hope all our readers will con
tribute somethiiv A dollar a month
will be thankfully received, or more
where the ability of the giver admits
of his giving more. It is cheaper to |
pay in this way for good government '
than it is to pay in increased taxes for
bad government, and It is certain that
the citizen has to pay In one way or
the other.
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THE WHITE PLAGUE
MOPEKN science has made mag
nlflceni progress along the iines
of surgical and medical research, j
Many diseases that were once atnonf ;
tiio scourges of mankind have been '
robbed of their terrors. The achieve
ments of the .past give reasonable
ground for expectation of even greater
achievements in the future. Smallpox
has practically been conquered. The |
pitted or pockmarked human face
is now a rarity. It is difficult to
realize there was a timo. when the face
without smallpox scars was the rarity.
Today the race is afflicted by a disease
which is even more deadly than small
pox. The gTf.it white plague Is the
modern scourge. If the progress of
tuberculosis bo not stayed it will de
stroy Caucasian civilization.
Modern conditions, especially in great
eastern cities, are favorable to tuber
culosis. Tenement houses encourage it.
Alcoholism helps it.
It is believed at last a method of
fighting tuberculosis and of banish
ing it as smallpox has been banished
has been discovered. Experiments that I
have been made and others that will be !
made will furnish results which may
make possible the announcement the
great white plague at last is under
control and will be stamped out.. A
Los Angeles man has been making a
trial of a new method of treating tuber
culosis, and the moral certainty he is
at least bringing a ray of hope to the
hopeless justifies publication of the
fact. It is probable one of the wealthy
philanthropists who are seeking useful
ways of spending money may put the
new discovery on such a basis the last
big battle In the war against tubercu
losia may be fought and won.
CHURCH PROGRESS
FOR fourteen years the Episcopal di
ocese of Los Angeles has been an
active agency for good. Apart al
together from its religious work, its
contribution to the building of Greater
Los Angeles entitles it to the gratitude
of all who are Interested in the welfare
of the city. The Episcopal church be
lieves in architecturally graceful church
building?, and In musically beautiful
church services, and the constant ten
dency 'if this great branch of Christen
dom has been to refine and uplift,
Los Angeles diocese gives more for
church work per capita than any other
diocese in the country, but that is "the
Los Angeles way." The contributions
during the past year were larger than
ever before.
Especially commendable is the hospi
tal work of the church. Bishop John
son has been in office ever since the
diocese was established.
He has the distinction of b-Mng the
first bishop of Los Angeles. He has de
voted much attention to practical Chris
tianity, exemplified In hospital work.
When he became bishop the Cood Sa
maritan hospital had small quarters
and accommodations for fifteen pa
tients, Now, says Bishop Johnson,
"we have accommodations for 100 pa
tients and are crowded for room. The
property lias grown from a valuation
of J28.000 to $1173,000, and the hospital is
on an absolutely impregnable founda
tion."
Biahop Johnson's dlscernm mt, public
spirit and remarkable abllitj a sure tor
the Important Episi nch of the
Christian church In Greater Los An
a future that « ill be In keeping
with the growth and prosperity of the
most progressh c city ol the west, z
ANGLING AND ANGLERS
From the day when Dame Barnard
wrote "Fishing with an Angle,"
and the time whin Izaak Walton
the world "The i 'ompteat Angler."
falling has been one of the principal
itions <>f the English peaking
, pics, Any man of our northern race
who has his health and hia limbs is
wiling to walk over miles of hill and
Sale, mountain and moor, If he think
a S (r o 'lit will rev ard his per
severance with rod and reel. ■
the varieties of the call of tl •■ n lid
thi re la nothing for pi
Ini i tern • and draw in« power to
the call of the volet lesi ti out.
No fish is an clean, aa handßome, as I
the gallant, plui ky
trout.
And of all the varieties of trout
there Is none better than the rainbow ■
of California. More power to him. I
Fish for him fairly! Give him a chance,
and even If you don't creel him by the
dozen, think of the fun of the trout
quest and the m ness anil good
health nature bestows on all the devo
tees of the rod and the reel and the
wicker creel.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1910.
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DOUBLE STANDARD
Li >s ANGELES Is one of the great
dramatic centers of the United
States.. Plays Of prime impor
tance are "made in LOS Angeles" and
produce] here in "the I<os Angeles
way," whicb is the best. We venture
to say our latest home-made produc
tion, "The Price," may be compared
favorably with the output of any of
j the greater cities of this continent or
! of Europe.
"The Price" lias a moral, but wider
than the moral is the great social ques
tion it raises: the question that has
been asked ever since man began to
assert lie was the predominant part
ner In civilization, and woman only his
helper. With the emancipation of wo
man politically and socially, the ques
tion of a square deal for the woman
who errs must be met and decided,
Nothing is more hideously and out-
I rageously unfair than the double stan
dard of morality which never will ex
cuse a woman for "falling," but allows
a man to transgress without loss of
prestige.
We talk about "fallen women." Why
can't we be fair and square and hon
est and aboveboard, and talk also
about "fallen men"?
RECLAMATION
RECLAMATION projects represent
an investment o* about $60,000,000.
J. F. Newell, chief .if the reclama
tion service, says the total ultimate
. ost of reclamation work in the next
fifty or one hundred years will b^
greater than that of the Panama canal.
The results of reclamation will make it
possible for the United Slates to sus
tain a population far larger in number
than the present.
California's magnificently successful
Irrigation projects are object lessons
In reclamation which may well encour
age the government to boost the good
work. With vast reclaimed areas added
to the producing lands of the United
States, and with the freight rate prob
lem solved by the competition of water
ways, by a government owned steam
ship line on the Pacific as well as the
Atlantic, by good roads for auto ve
hicles, and by such practical develop
in air navigation as may reason
ably In looked for. the average pros
perity of the citizens of the United
. tati ■ will be Increased,
In tin Increase of prosperity Southern
California will be one of the principal
sharers.
SAFE, SANE FOURTH.
MOVEMENT fur H nafe and sane
Fourth of July celebration, some
„f ih.> pioneer advo ates of
whli ; ivi ro citizens of Lo Angeles,
is aj>! imlng national proportions, and
( witli i general awakening of public
opinion the erratic mi tl od of rejoicing
over the establishment of the great re
public by killing and wounding thou
suii].- nf American citizens will be
ended anil a rational, patriotic tnetli
ikl substituted.
New York, Washington and the cit-
New England are all enlisted In
tiio truly patriotic movement, which
will make Independence Day a day of
national rejoicing Instead of one of
beretn ement, dli aster and gi ,
Great .■•suits may be expected from
tbe substitution of a safe and sane
celebration for sanguinary mockery of
otUm. Now w ill ih' re be oppor
for old time speechmaking, for
Ime addresses on the history and
„ p ect« of the greatest free ria
In the world, for old time renewal
iws of fidelity to tl;e early prin
ciples.
A prominent business firm of tliis city
i in siM-uiv ;m advi rtlfilng d
11 Invited all the commercial artlata
In the fit} t" compote. A Herald man
drew the successful di-Binn. That' the
Lus Angeles Herald way.
The Martyr in the Wilderness
PATRIOTISM
ALVA ADAMS, thrice governor of
Colorado, in his talk to the City
club, uttered many truths In epi
grammatic form, Kvery good citizen
will applaud his declarations: "In nn
tlonal politics I am a partisan. IN
LOCAL AFFAIRS I THY TO BE PA
TRIOTIC. Partisanship and patriot
ism are often as wide apart as Pin
ch.it and Ballintjer. To be a moral
man is not enough. We can behave
ourselves and still be bad citizens. Wo
are a great pp'Tle for reform, hut we
always want to reform the other fel
low. As long as we think our party's
bad man Is better than the other par
ty's good man, there will be bad gov
ernment and official malfeasance, and
scandal." These statements are in
harmony with the first principles of
Americanism.
CALIFORNIA DIAMONDS
AGAIN there is a report diamonds
are being found in California, and
It is far from impossible or im
probable the history of South Africa
will be repeated In this wonderful state.
Indeed, scientists may yet have to ac
cept the conclusion that in countries
where gold Is found there Is also a
likelihood diamonds may be found.
Gold represents nature at high stress In
mineral producing; and the diamond is
nothing more nor less than the result
of high stress in chemicalization.
Nature has made California the
richest country In the world. It is rich
in everything—rich in beauty and in
grandeur as well as In material re
sources. This is the land of plenty, and.
every law abiding citizen should be a
sharer In the general prosperity.
Five days of grace will enable Los
Angeles census enumerators to give
a much more accurate report of the
city's population than would have
been possible under a more rigid time
ruling. The extension will give Great
er Los Angeles a square deal and will
do away with necessity for taking a
municipal census.
Ominous signs of an increase in rail
road freight rates point the necessity
for harbor and waterways develop
ment. Southern California needs a
il steamship line to be operated
In connection with the. Atlantic fed
eral line on the Atlantic with a trans
isthmian railway connection,
Cash count made by the city audit
or's office shows Los Angeles is in a
position to raise on .short notice
14,865,976.74 in actual cash. Greater
Li Vngelei is firmly founded on phe
nomenal financial prosperity. And to
make new records for prosperity is the
Lob Angeles way.
There are only Rood reports as to
aquedui t construction work. The
great water and power project Is being
carried ""f successfully without ques
tion, doubt or scandal, For this, much
thanks.
May day gamos had to be played a
day ahead of time; but the children's
May day festival was more pictur
esque than ever. And nevei w;is win
sonier queen <>' the May than the Los
Angeles lassie who reigned over the
revels.
Don't forget your duty to city, state
and nation requireg you to bo enum
erated. if you have been overlooked
by the census man, bunt him up.
j.; x , usis won't build good roadi.
■|-ii,. people are entitled to a square
,i,;,i ,11 road ))uii'ii!iß and are deter
mined to get it.
Raisin day was celebrated with
hearty enthusiasm. Eouthern Califor
nia raising iv-<- the be»t In the world.
.\I.AS. I'tMjit BAIiLINGEB.
State Press Echoes
WORK AND MOTTOES
The man who won't work without a hustle
motto stuck up before him, won't work with
It. Each year the crop of wise saws, Infal
lible receipt! for success, seems to be larger
than the one before. Every philosopher from
Lord Bacon down to Elbort Hubburd has
been forced to give up.—Sutler Independent.
GAYNOR SPELL.BOUND
TV> extend condolence to the Plmplirle.l spell
ers. They tried to make a convert of Mayor
Qaynor of New Vmk city, anil In acknowl
edgment of their efforts he sent them a let
tr-r, full of excellent advice, but ■pelled In
the- ordinary, every-day, unstmp!tli<'d form.
—Ban Jise Herald.
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A SANE FOURTH
Berkeley has Joined the sane Fourth cities,
and unless there la an uprising under the
provisions of the very representative charter
of that city it will henceforth be a nice,
quiet, comfortable place In which to spend
the Fourth of July.—San Francisco Com
mercial-News.
SELECT PARTY
According to their speeches, President Taft
and Attorney-General Wiekersham are en
deavoring to make membership In the Repub
lican party as erleet as President Roosevelt
made his Ananlaa rlub.—Sacramento Be*.
PRINCIPAL REASON
The New York World prints thirty-two rea
sons why the cost of living is so high. The
principal one Is because everything costs 10
much; the rest may be omitted.—Oraps, Valley
1 rnlon.
FAMILY CF TRAMPS
There have been families of artists, mu-i
--cians and even newspaper men, but the fam
ily with the Rtrangest bent yet recorded
passed through Lodl this week.—Stockton
.Mail.
TAFT APPROVED
The senator from Rhode Illand, "ays the
Baltimore Sun. considers Mr. Taft one of the
best president! he has had In the entire
Aldrlch administration—Oakland Enquirer,
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DARWINIAN EGGS
It Is strange what effect this comet talk
will have upon oomc people. A Kantaa man
has announced that ho has a hen's egg with
a tall an Inch long.—Tulare Advance.
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THEY WILL
What'! the use of making the Pullman com
pany lower Its rates for upper berths? The
porters will get our money anyway.—Sacra
mento Bee.
ALL GONE
Senator AMrich announces his Intention "f
retiring from the senate. There oannol be
much left worth grabbing.—Walsunvlllu Reg
liter,
Far and Wide
PATRIOTIC PRAYER
<> Lord, now thai everything is coming our
way, rl'"^* 1 every Democratic ioul of h"t air
and vainglory, and lneerl large Installments
of common senaa Into every Democratic crani
um. And O, remember, Lord, out pronenc«s
to make fools of ouraelvei, Just when we have
the world by the tall and a downhill pull, and
Bee that we don't sal in bad.- Houiton Poat,
—ij.—
JUST WAIT!
i: t |i laytm nuihing for publication
about Ariirrlr:ui politic*, so long M he r»
mH]ns abroad. But when he g«ti back to the
United Statsa lie will do some plain talking;
lei | M be In doubt about that, -Siic-ramcritu
Bee,
WEALTH MENACED
Mr. Carnegie thinks that a man who dies
with millions ought to forfeit hi>lf of It to
tho state. Why, rather than submit to this,
a whole lot at them would keep right on
living.- Philadelphia Ledger.
LUCKY CAPTURE
A San Francisco astronomer announces that
the moon Is not a detached portion of the
earth, but Is a captured planet. If this Is
true, It was a lucky capture for the earth.
-Chicago Tribune.
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TYPICAL LUNCH
We are a progressive people. The old-fash
ioned "merchants' lunch" began with cheese
and ended with crackers. Now it begins
with soup and ends with a tip.—Qnlvestun
News. ...
USEFUL CITIZEN
V man In Dedlincn, Mans., has thirty-four
children. He could move to Arizona and
qualify the territory for statehood.—Cleveland
Leader,
SPUNKY CZAROWITZ
ii,,. uttle Cwrowlti "in K\vay from borne.
Perhaps he wtll grow up Into a pretty guud
sort I I It f'-lluw, after all.— Clil'MlJ" POKi
Left-Over Work
of Legislature
of 1909.
AT the last session of tho legislature
somo of thi' ablett attorneys of
California deVoted themselves to
:i movement for the reform of the
criminal statutes. Attar weeks of study
and consideration they dr*w up a
number of measures Intended bo to
amend and simplify tlio criminal
.statutes as to insure:
(1) A prompt tried of an accused per-
BOn on tho merits of the case.
(2) A prompt Judgment in the case of
a verdict o( guilty.
(3) .\ prompt hearing of the. case in
(he court Of appeal.
Committees or lawyers appointed re
spectively by the San Francisco Bar
association, the Cltlsens' League of
Justice of San Francisco and tho San
Francisco Commonwealth club had the
matter in charge. The labors of the
several committees resulted In the
preparation of tWO sets of measures,
each with tse same end in view- nanie
i ly. tho simplification of the criminal
statutes.
The Brat set of measures were known
as the Commonwealth club bills, from
tilt- fact that they were drawn by a,
committee appointed by that organlaa-
I tion. These bills wile sixty-live in
j number and iieHit with the problem
; directly and effectively. The second set
> was known as the Bar association bills.
1 There were Dine of these measures. The
\ Bar association bills made a start at
a reform, while the Commonwealth club
bills covered the whole ground.
The Commonwealth! club bills were
readily divided into throe groups:
ill Those dealing with grand Juries
and indictments.
(J) Those dealing with trial juries anil
verdicts.
(::> Those dealing with appeals to the
I higher courts.
iii The general purpose of the meas
ures dealing with grand juries was, to
| make those bodies purely accusatory,
1,1 m. ike their findings final and not
subject to attack. On the theory that
Brand juries are primarily required to
Investigate secret offenses, and should
be deemed purely accusatory, the Com
monwealth olub bills made Indictment
ibj a grand Jury as binding as the
I action of a committing magistrate who
holds a defendant to answer. Hut. for
the protection of those under Investiga
tion, the grand juror was retiuired to
take oath "not to participate in the
Inquiry as to any matter or affecting
any person as to which or whom lie is
biased or could not vole freely either
way that the evidence presented would
i:i justice re ulre him to vote."
(2) The changes in the law dealing
with trial juries and verdicts pro
vided:
(a) That the examination of trial
jurors should be taken out of Hie hands
of lawyers and conducted by the judge.
To compensate the defendant for what
ever substantial disadvantage he might
suffer the number of his peremptory
challenges was materially increased.
(In That tho jJdge should fix the
legality of the Jury panel by con oral
order, after which challenges could not
apply to the whole panel, although they
still hold k<""I as to Individual jurors.
(c) That the reading of more news
paper reports of a case should not dis*
qualify a trial juror, unless it were
Shown that th.^ article purported to be
a true copy of tho official testimony.
(d) That exception could bo made
John Temple Graves Was the Mummy
At the Washington Jefferson Banquet
JEFFERSON banquet at Wastilng
ton the other night bore a strong
resemblance to a feast in ancient
Egypt, H was held in commemora
tion of a hero, for one thing, and for
another, it celebrated present prosper
ity as well as past virtue. But the
most striking similarity is yet to be
told. At an Egyptian feast, when the
wine was brought in, the servants
brought with it the carved, gilded and
painted representation of a mummy,
as a reminder of what, in the end, must
follow either feasting or fasting, and
an incentive to have a good time while
one might.
At the Jefferson banquet John Tem
ple Graves took the place of the mum
my and we are bound to say that he
tilled the role admirably. He did more.
He served not only to point out the
end which awaits all parties, hut to
Indicate as well the-means by which
the end of the Democratic party might
be hastened. He was there to pledge
the support of Hearat'S Independence
I, ague to the Dmocratlc party if the
Democratic party would but adopt the
"principles" of Hearst's Independence
league. In plainer Knglish. if the Dem
ocratic party would commit suicide the
Independence league in the person of
Mr Graves would write the epitaph,
and all would be famous together.
This modest proposal did not meet
Result of Socialist Experiment Will
Have Influence on Municipal Politics
S< i rar BO good. This is the first time
in America the Socialists have
gained control of the government
Of any largo city, and the results will
be watched with K'eat Interest in all
parts ot the Union.
Many persons who have confused
Socialism with Anarchy will be SUf
prlaed to find themselves In accord, or
nearly bo, with the Socialist program
In .Milwaukee. If this were all o£ So
cialism, they might say there could
not be too much of It.
But the ultimate aims of Socialism
go much farther and deeper, while
there is great difference of opm)on
among Its believers as to many thing*,
there Is general acceptance among mem
„f the Idea that all means of produc
tion—such as land, mines, factories,
Denver Would-be Jester Shows His
Lack of Originality in His Humor
THE practical joker who lins been
using the mall* to order a deluge
of merchandise for a Denver pro
fessor's house deserves condign punish
ment. ;' "•• *
His stunt might have been funny—
and therefore excusable. But it was a.
worn-out plagiarism It was invented
(unless ho cribbed it from the Arabian
Nlehts) by Theodore Hook, England's
Si humorist, and the prince of
practical Jokers. Pausing with a friend
through London streets they found a
detached cottage which was .the seem
ing abode of beauty and serenity. SB*
V—The Simpli
fication of the
Criminal Stat
utes
Franklin
Hichborn
only to such Instructions as are given
to a jury, not to Instructions which
are not presented to the Jury.
ic) That the definition of a "reason
able doubt" should be "that state of
lh, case which, after the entire com
parison and consideration of all the
evidence in the case, leaves the minds
Of the jurors in that condition that
they cannot say they feel an abiding
conviction to a moral certainty of the
truth of tin- charge."
There were other changes In the laws
relating to trial Jurors and verdicts,
hut the above is a fair indication of
the whole. In none of the proposed
Changes could (he substantial rights
of the defendant be said to be en
croached upon. Hut the proposed
laws did clear away a mass of tech
nicalities which havo kept many a
scamp out of Jail.
(3) The proposed amendments deal
ing with appeals in criminal cases
aimed at prompt judgment and sen
tence after comic' i. prompt appeal
and conclusion of the case. Hills of
excepts were done away with and pro
vision made for sending the entire
minutes of the case and the testimony
to the higher court. No appeal was
permitted on questions referring to
grand jury panels on the grand jury
nor on any error not affecting the de
fendant's substantial rights. Error in
an immaterial issue, or of not .suffi
cient importance to affe. t the sub
stantial rights of the defendant was
not to be deemed ground for reversal.
"We believe." said the committee
which drew the Common wealth club
bills, "that what we have proposed is
in no way revolutionary and deprives
the acCUMd person of no substantial
rights, The amendments proposed are
merely designed to make the present
i.-v more effective, to relieve the courts
from the necessity of considering triv
ial matters and to aid in determining
more promptly whether a person ac
cused is innocent or guilty."
Such is the common-sense view of It.
But the machine element did not pro
pose that the measures should be en
acted into law.
The sixty-live bills were introduced
in both senate and assembly, being in
each case referred to the judiciary
committee. On tlio assembly side
sixty-three of the sixty-five bills never
pot beyond the committee. They died
there. The two exceptions were re
ported out of committee (luring the
last days of the session, too late for the
assembly to Rive them consideration.
The senate judiciary committee rec
ommended in the ease o£ fifty-two of
the bills that they be withdrawn. This
action was taken, of the thirteen re
maining, seven were never reported
back to the senate, tire were reported
back with recommendation that they
"do not pass," one was reported back
with favorable recommendation. This
his! died on tho files.
Thus ended the carefully considered
campaign for simplification of the
criminal statutes. Several of tho Bar
association bills passed aiii! were ap
proved by the governor. Hut they by
nn means dealt With the problem so
comprehensively as did the Common-
wealth club bills. Tho absurd tech
nicalities of the criminal law are still
with us. the practical correction of
which is a lepacy handed down by the
legislature of 1009 to tho legislature
of 1911.
San Bernardino Free rro»»
with entnusiastlC acceptance, nut we
do not Imagine the rebuff will wilt the
spirits of John Temple Graves. He has
a nerve of rohustiousness not lightly
to be disconcerted. He will come again.
And he will not come alone. This
is but the first of many offers that
the Democratic party will get from
near-statesmen who are ready to show
it in the way to the tomb—for a con
sideration. And the only way to deal
with all such offers is to decline them
with thanks. The Democratic party
docs not need to indorse the principles
of any other organization. It needs
only to STAND FOR ITS OWN PRIN
CIPLES in a practical statesmanlike
manner. It does not need to seek
support from the personal annex of
any one time candidate for whatever
office might be open. It can get the
support of the whole country the mo
ment it shows itself worthy of that
support. Champ Clark Is right. If
the Democratic party will make con
sistent war on the tariff, and the gov
ernmental extravagance which t tie
tariff breeds, the party will very soon
git the power to make that war suc
cessful.
And if the Democratic party goes to
running after the Independence league,
or any other league, it will deserve de
feat—and will get its deserts on the
fast mail.
Sacr&mento 800.
forests, railroads and ail other public
utilities—should be owned in common.
Socialism is oppi sed to Capitalism
and the wage system. It would de
stroy Capitalism, not perhaps by con
fiscation, but through purchase or tax
ation, its aims are humanitarian and
benevolent, hut in its most radical
aspects il in t< a largo extent de
structive of the present sori.il system.
Probably a large majority of the
American people will prove willing to
accept Socialism so far as the Milwau
kee plat form goes, Which is practically
no more Socialistic than the govern
ment of QlaSgOW and numerous Other
British cities. Hut this falls a long
way short of accepting the idea of
abolishing Capitalism and substituting
community ownership of all the means
of production, which is the final ob
ject of Socialism.
(Denver Times)
friend remarked that here In a busy
city was a perfect seclusion. And Hook
wagered that In three days the cottage-,
would be the noisiest place in all i^on
don. Ha effected his cruel jest by-or
dering goods from every dealer, calling
priests, doctors, lawyers, undertakers,
police, Bremen and auctioneers. •'
There was a riot, accompanied by
fatalities. The dangerous joke has
been repeated a thousand times in the
century since Hook, and always by
persona with no regard for the lesson;
which the Joke Imparted.
The Denver Jester should bo punished
for his poor taste In stealing "humor."