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8 LOS ANGELES HERALD ISSUED EVERY MORNING BY THE HERALD TO. THOMAS E. GIBBON.. President FRANK E. "WOLFE.' Managing Editor THOMAS J. GOLDlNG...Business Manager DAVID G. BAIIXIE ..Associate Editor Entered as second class matter at the post office . In Los Angeles. OLDEST MORNING TAPER IN LOS ANGELES. rounded Oct. 2, 1878. Tlilrty-slxth Year. Chamber of Commerce Building. Phones —Sunset Main 8000; Home 10211. The only Democratic newspaper In South ern California receiving full Associated Press reports. ■-:;'" ; NEWS SERVICE —Member of the Asso ciated Press, receiving its full report, aver aging 25.000 words a day. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION WITH SUNDAY MAGAZINE Daily, by mall or carrier, a month $ ■">'' Dally, by mall or carrier, three months. l.so Dally, by mall or carrier, six months..S.7s Daily, by mall or carrier, one year jj.oo Sunday Herald, one year ;T'' Postage free In United States and Mexico; elsewhere postage added. 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LOS ANGELES HARBOR LOOKING forward to the develop ment of the harbor of Greater Los Angeles into a world port, the board of public works wishes to secure the services of Leslie B. Hewitt as special counsel for the harbor bureau which will be organized. In the letter sont by the board to the council the case was stated as follows: "The purpose of the city to construct harbor improvements at San Pedro and Wilmington imposes on this board duties of unusually gTeat Importance and magnitude, in the performance of which we feel that it will be absolutely necessary that the board should have the assistance of a competent attorney at-law, to give special and exclusive attention to matters of a legal nature connected with the proposed harbor Improvements. We find the prelimi nary consideration of the work greatly embarrassed by uncertainties as to what the city legally can and should do, and on this account the develop ment and ndoption of policies and plans for the work is being seriously hampered and delayed. The com mencement and prosecution of actual construction work will, we believe, be attended by legal complications that will keep one good attorney busy in attendance on this board to give ad vice or in court to manage litigation affecting the harbor." The harbor of Greater Los Angeles ■will give useful occupation to many citizens with trained brains, and, as commerce Is developed, to many whoi i stock In trade Is physical strength The harbor will add appreciably to the general prosperity of Greater Los Angeles. LIBRARIES ANDREW CARNEGIE'S Ideas on the subject of libraries have been modified In recent years as the result of much experience. He has become interested in finding- out the best method lor the circulation of books. He regards the library as an •"■•agent of the greatest good for the greatest number. This, wo believe, is the reason for the partiality for branch libraries shown by him recently. He think.* books ought to he circulated from B series of distributing stations, and at Intervals the entire stock of books in one station should bo transferred to I another. He Joes not take kindly to the museum style of library, whi< h would have all the books of all ages assembled under one roof, and shelved, departmented, catali dexed, dissected, analyzed—EVEßY THING BUT READ. At the same time, we believe If Mr. Carnegie can be Informed the Central Library building of Greater Los An geles will bs used as the library head quarters, In connection with which many branch libraries will bo oper ated, and that from the •main reser voir the books will be allowed to stream out through the branches so that every part of tho city will be "covered" by the library, he may en tertain the proposition to recommend the case of Greater Los Angeles to the favorab < (tentlon of the trus tees of the Carnegie library, fund, ' CHARITY TAG day is Los Angeles 1 charity carnival. It lias become as unique and distinctive, ns typical of Southern California and of the Los Angeles way, as the Fiesta de los Flo res was; but it has in it an element of permanence the Fiesta lacked. The purpose of Tag day will estab lish and perpetuate it, and it may be i xpected as regularly as any national holiday, Good nature and generosity marked < this year's celebration. Tho taggers found their work a "lark"; the tagged were willing to be tagged! and pungted ! up with smiling faces. The resull (if the day's frolic of I funny salesmanship is a handsome sum which will be devoted to tho institu tlons maintained In Los Angeles for the purpose of helping the helpless. With the increase of the city's area and population there is an increase f the necessity for charity. Ours is the | most aggressive, independent and self helpful of all civilizations, and yet it I lias found the impossibility of elimin- ! ntiiiiT or abolishing the poverty which dogs progress. Since it is a situation and not a theory that confronts us, it is well our people are prepared to cope with it by their generous donations to all humanitarian causes. Great was the success of Tag day, and its success ! was a most creditable testimony to Ix>s Angeles good-heartedness and a wor thy example of the Los Angeles way. KUOS^V.t_l_T;_> WISDOM mHEODORE ROOSEVELT in his Nobel prize address brought to -■- the attention of Kurope the great and Important fact that in American ism the world is already provided with a plan of living in concord and pros perity. Students of the history, con stitution and politics of the United States are familiar with the efficacy of Americanism as applied to social regulation and political Rovernment. It is a constant cause of wonder to students that the American people do not insist on a more literal demon stration of first principles; on a more consistent obedience to the rules of the game, which are stated In the plainest of plain English. It would require an heroic effort of unlntelli gence to misunderstand them. Col. Roosevelt said: "I cannot help thinking that the constitution of the T'nited States, notably In the estab lishment of the supremo court and in the methods adopted for securing peace nnd good relations among and betwi en the different states, offers certain valuable analogies to what should be striven for in order to se cure, through The Hague Courts and conferences, A SPECIES OF WORLD FEDERATION FOR INTERNA TIONAL PEACE AND JUSTICE." Col. Roosevelt might have gone fur ther, and pointed out Americanism comes nearer to being an international political panacea than any other plan that has been suggested. It Illustrates a rare combination; for it is both altruistic and practical. These truths were self-evident In the beginning, nnd Will be self-evident to the end: All men are created equal. They are endowed by their Creator with certain unallenable rights: among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. MEXICO ANEW railroad, the Tucson & West t of Mexico, will establish closer bonds of commercial union between Mexico and the United States, and tha friendship expressed in the con gratulatory messages wired to Tucson by the presidents of the republics voice - ntlments of the two peoples. President Taft telegraphed: "I nm glad to learn of the celebration at Tuc son of i lie opening of the Tucson & West i'oast of Mexico railroad, and I wish In this way to express my grati fication at the closer commercial rela tions to be inaugurated between the United States and Mexico by this event, which I am sure will strengthen the bonds of friendship already existing be twi en the peoples of the two countries." President Dl iz sent this message: "It ■ b me greatly to know a new rail road between Mexico and the United States will be inaugurated. As lines of communication between neighboring countries are multiplied their friendly and commercial relations become more important. 1 congratulate the Tucson & West Coast of Mexico railroad on having carried to a successful comple tion this enterprise." It is ine\ Itable relations between the United States and Mexico will becomo closer. Cultivation of friendship and understanding will enable both nations to prepare themselves for the problems which must be solved in the future. MOTHERS' DAY THIS is Mothers' day in the churches of the United States. Mother is by far the greatest and moat im portant person in the republic. In fact, without her there would be no republic. American mothers are not allowed to vote for public officials, but every American mother la chief executive of her own home, and the discharge of this responsibility leave.-; her little time for public duties. ill 1 late ' has been attending moth .tnd child study circles, b n comparing her experl with those of other mothers, but no hard and fast set of rules for the upbi children has ■ ye ■ a 01 ever will be. Mother's Influence is not a matter of rules, but of instinct and heart and ex and loving-kindness. A3 lons as the Ami rlcan mother makes the American home and sends forth do mestleally trained citizens to take their places in this great sympathetic, do mestic nation, the republic will flourish and tin old star-spangled banner In triumph will wave o'er tho land of the free and tho homo of the brava. LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 8. 1010. \ ' I I ) I I • [ —fi'i ill n ml A ~~\ '~rT^* . 1 • •co11 o-oioira^^wrHnji-.t ,,,1 —jeSr' ««i-ts. \ C^^M^^9ii^^SW. till £s^JSkMmMO - Los Angeies and New- York Are the Leaders in Total Valuation of Improvements for April LEADERSHIP IN April Los Angeles led all cities of the Pacific coast In activity of building operations, the record showing an Increase of 231 per cent. Oakland follows with an Increase of 220 per cent. Stockton shows 43 per cent gain. Nationally, second place is taken by Los Angeles, and South Bend, Ind., is third with an Increase of 223 per rent. Los Angeles building activity slu-ws business conditions throughout Greater Los Angeles are prosperous. Financially and o mi ien tally, the city is on a soli.l basis; and the inviting prospects afforded by the Owens river industrial power supply and harbor Im provement will be most attractive to capital. Investment In any form of business activity in Greater Los Angeles is cer tain in prosper. The Bteady expan sion of the city in every direc tion keeps the real estate market active In every section; and many new tracts are being built up. Greater Los Angeles, the leader of the west. la one of the leading cities of the world. William It. Williams, state treasurer ilifornia, in his City club address, called attention to unsystematic and unbusinesslike methods of bookkeeping In governmental use. Mr. "Williams says a'business man who would trans act business with as little information as governmental bookkeeping systems provide would soon have to close his doors, unless he had an extra big bank mil. This is a business country, and government thould be. conducted in a businesslike way. If it be true aiul demonstrable a Los Angeles man has d | a specific cure for tuberculosis, civilization will be more deeply Indebted to Los An than to any other city. It is de voutly to be hoped and wished the cure described in today's Herald may be all its discoverers claim and ex pei t and the results of experiments seem to Indicate. Indianapolis Star says true philan thropy consists in better wages for workingmen. In this contention the Star will be enthusiastically support ed by all the men who have helped Mr. Rockefeller and Mr. Carnegie to become rich. The British king will not be retired until after the campaign against the house of lords. The king is indispens able to the radical program. He will have to create the new liberal peers who vflll vote the gilded chamber out : existence. Summer schools are popular In Great er Los Angeles. Arrangi ments have made for a au icessful summer : ■ lon of the University of Southern California. Greater Log Angeles is tho educational metropolis of the west. Mayor {Jaynor says, too much gold p mslble for high prices. But the man on the street saya when there i.s too little gold all prices are high. Devout religionists celebrate the day of their patron saint; but this Is the day of the matron saint, the greate I saint of all—Saint Mater. After all, trust magnates are nr.t as parasitical as a horde of ujseless royal ties. Think of yo" marcies, chlllun. TAO DAT WAS SUCCESSFUL. :V QOo6 CAUSE PROSPERS IN GREATER LOS ANGELES. George v has been proclaimed. Ills other name is Wettln, but lie will uy In live it down. Oil Mothers' day let us think kindly of father, to«^ - ■ - -._-.._ Leaders PUBLIC LETTER BOX TO CORRESPONDENTS' — ten Intended for publication mint he accompanied liv Hie name and address of tue writer. The Herald gives the widest latitude to correspond ents, hvt assumes no responsibility for their views. ' 'AMICUS' QUESTIONS 'S. S' ABOUT VEGETARIAN DIET WASHINGTON. D. C. May 2.-[Ed itor Herald]: In your Issue of April 24 S. S. states that "if plants have a nerv ous system and a capacity for suffer ing, no true vegetarian would hesitate to abstain from killing them." How about wearing silk gowns, S. S.? Do you wear stuffed birds or silk rib bon on your hats'. 1 Do you rigidly ab stain from wearing furs? In regard to that substitute for leath er, which you take such delight in ad vocating, we would like to say that we have made its acquaintance mas querading as cowhide, and have found it decidedly unsatisfactory. We have heard, too, a great many things about the wonderful endurance of vegetari ans, their feats of strength, etc. (ad vanced, of course, by vegetarians), but we have got te be shown. We are perfectly willing to believe in the ability of S. S. to show us that family of seven In Los Angeles, but we have our doubts about tlnding them anywhere else. < nir next door neighbors are vegetari ans who preach their doctrine on all occasions, and as houses in this town Join each other in rows, they have no dlflculty in finding out just when we are having a good old New England dinner, or some particularly appetizing roast. At such times we are quite cer tain to have company at dinner, and while these good people are too virtu ous actually to partake of the meat, yet they do not object to eating huge quantities of the gravies. Can S. S. tell us the difference between "eating the devil and drinking his broth"? \\v have still another grievance. At the recent meat boycott In Washington ■we were nearly mobbed because we refused to join the ranks of "abstain ers for sixty days," but we held to the principle of eating what we choose. Results: Prices soar higher through out the sixty days, and half of the ab stainers sneaking in behind the regu lars and paying prices of their own making, with their pledges in one pocket and depleted wallets in the other. If reformers really expect to accom plish anything they must have enough backbone to stick to their own proj ects If their schemes are worth any thing to individuals, to nations, the American penile are too intelligent, too selfish, to let anything escape them which will in any way add to their self-indulgence. According to S. S., the motives of vegetarians are not of the highest being simply to cater to their own per sonal comfort, AMICUS. WOULD MAKE IT TREASON FOR WOMAN TO MARRY TITLED MAN LOS ANGELES, May 3.—[Editor Herald]: Section 9, clause 8 of the constitution of the United States reads as follows: "No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding 1 any office of trust under them shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or fon Ign state." In the light of the above quotation is it not a sort of treason for women of the United States to secure titles by marriage to "the nobility?" No doubt there are a few of "the nobility" who are noble by their inherent quali ties, but seldom do the American heiresses marry foreigners for that reason, but to the contrary, because they are, or happen to be, "noble" ac cording to foreign law. American juris prudence considers it impossible to manufacture nobility that way. So it certainly is a "ship In the face" to American principle, which is real no bility for any "American to marry into royalty for the sake of a "title of nobility." No doubt women soon will have a legal right to vote in this country, and no doubt heiresses will be aspirin,- to ofUnefl of trust and profit and titles of "nobility" at the same time, but they cannot hold office and receive a title of "nobility." Which will they re n°Chadman >a "Cyclopedia of Law," in discussing the above clause of the c^t stitutinn, quotes the following from Vergrniand : "The nobility! That is to say, two classes of men. the one for grandeur, tho other for debasement: the one for tyranny, the other for servitude! The nobility! Ah! The very word Is an Insult to the human race." A YOUNG MAN. DECLARpS PROTECTIVE TARIFF IS FORM OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGE LOS ANGELES. May 6.—[Editor Herald]: Is it not strange that a peo ple possessing the reputed intelligence of those of the United States should al low themselves to be humbugged, as they have been for the last forty years, by a protective tariff that has robbed the producers and consumers of wealth of billions of dollars for the express purpose of creating an oligarchy on the ruins of a republic? Is It not a fact that protection Is nothing more nor less than legalized plunder—an In sidious scheme whereby the money Is filched from the pockets of one man and conveyed to the pockets of another by law? What right has any govern ment to lay its hands on my money and transfer it to the pockets of an other? It is a special privilege eon l'erriil on one class of persons to the detriment of others that no govern ment should tolerate, and yet It is the cardinal principle of the Republican party. Eugene Foss, congressman-elect from the Fourteenth Massachusetts district, declared recently that he now "enjoyed in his various business enterprises from 45 to 100 per cent protection. It is too much." he added. "I don't need that protection, and I ought not to have it. All that I have above a certnin point represents graft. I am willing that protection should be cut right in half, and then I would have all the protec tion I am entitled to." There you have it in a nutshell. A frank admission by one of the bene ficiaries that it is simply graft. J. C. C. THE READY WAITER "Walter! Here! I've found a hair In my butter!" "Only one, sir?" "Certainly; only one!" "I'll get you some more, sir." "Horrors! Pome more what?" "Some more butter, elr!"—Yonkers States man. IS IT POSSIBLE? "I await the spring fashions with trepida tion." "What are they to be?" "I don't know, but I understand they've per fected something even worse than the tube gown."—Louisville Courier-Journal. ■» « » A COOL EXPLANATION Father —What makes you so extravagant with my money, sir? Son —Well, dad. I thought you wouldn't like to spend It yourself after working so hard for It.—Boston Transcript. MADE HER A FRIGHT "Mrs. Jones has a new hat." "Well, you look mightily pleased about it." "You Just ought to soo how It looks on her."—Houston Post. RECORD AT VASSAR Male Visitor—Do you have any athletes here? Fi.ir Vauarlan—Well, there's hardly a Klrl here but can twlit pome man 'round her lit tle BngiT,-Princeton Tiger. AFTERNOON TEA "Ifavo you heard how Mrs. Smith is?" "THi her hat's a llttlo trying." "Jones! Kloped to Burope with his " "Maude has faults, tberea no denylnK " "Bridge is how she gets her money." "Do you take two lumps or three?" "Ain't tho suffragettes too funny?" "H.i\ ■ another cup of tea." "Tetrantnl'i lovely hiKh C " "I just dote Upon l aruso." "Mary Garden? She's too ■ploy." "Wonder how she Aatm to do so?" "Problem plays, I think, are horrid." "Danc ing don't appeal to me." "Isn't this room something torrid?" "Have another cup of toa." "Lemon? Did you say two slieeß?" "Had to sell their automobile." "Out or fashion to ■erve Lees." "V*s. I'm <i'iit(l a* Mbllophlle." "Had the dearest time 111 Yurrup." "She en io Charlie 1 Qeet" "I love cakes and maple »yrup." "Have anr>lher cup of tea. "Mini be SOlncT" "What's >our hurry?" "I think " "He said " "I said " •Wo " "A" enßßßiiinunt. Got to scurry. "Have another cup of tea." —Llpplncotfa Magazine. Left-Over Work of Legislature of 1909. THE present California election laws are the results of the "machine's" successful efforts, extending over ii decade, to corrupt the Australian ballot law as it was originally adopted by this state during the early '90s of the lust century. At the last session of the legislature, tWO attempts were made to correct, In a measure at least, the abuses of the present law. The "machine" fought both reforms and in tho clos ing hours of the session won by a narrow margin. The election laws re main unchanged. Early in the '80s the demand for re form of the election laws forced the "machine" into permitting the adop tion of tho Australian ballot as the method of voting in this state. Under the new law the voter was not only called upon to discriminate be tween parties at the polls, but between individuals. This was accomplished by arranging the names of the candidates on the ballot with their party designations under, the heading ot the offices for which they aspired. ThUB all the can didates lor governor were grouped to gether under the head "governor," with the name of the political party of each candidate after his name. The name was done with the names of the other candidates, uader the particular office to which each aspired down to township constable. The advantage of such arrangements is apparent. If the voter were gov erned by party considerations alone he had no difficulty In picking the can didates named by his party. Hut it was just as easy to pick men because of other consideration!, their Integrity and fitness for the oSlce to which they aspired, for example. •■■.■<; It developed that such was the ten dency of intelligent voters. The ma chine found itself practically helpless, with men of high character being se lected for office. The Australian ballot for the mo ment threatened the "machine's" strangle hold upon the state. The "machine," however, met the issue with characteristic ability. The Aus tralian ballot was deliberately changed. This was done by arranging the names of the candidates nrder the name of the party that had nominated them. Instead of grouping them under the name of the office to which they as pired. The change was made on the theory that the average voter would want to vote for the head of his ticket and once started down the party col umn would find It easier to" vote the straight party ticket than'to go over Into another party column to select men better qualified for office than his own party nominees. In practice this theory wa,s found to bo justified. The machine put popu lar men at the head of its party ticket, with its unworthy candidates further down. As there was no discrimination between individuals under this system, the unworthy were too often swept Into office on party issues, or because of the popularity of the head of the ticket. The next step in the corruption of the Australian ballot law was the intro duction of the "party circle." The party circle was placed nt the i head of the party column. The voter Wishing to vote his ticket straight, by | making a cross In the party circle voted for every candidate on the ticket. •, Under provisions of the law govern ing "distinguishing marks," and pre vailing court decisions regarding them, the average voter looked upon the par ty circle as the safe way to vote. A blot on the ballot, a cross in the wrong place even the mark of an unclean linger, may lead to the rejection of the entire ballot. .. As \ result, the elector, "to save his vote," fell into the custom of voting the party circle. In practice the ma chine has found this most advan tageous. By hooking up to a popular cause or a popular man, the machine has been able to control where other wise It would have failed. For example: In 1904 California gave Roosevelt an unprecedented majority. No fewer than 205.226 Californians vot ed for the Republican Roosevelt elect- ] ors to 89,294 who voted for Democratic electors. To a large number who want ed to "save their vote for Roosevelt, the party circle was deemed the surest and safest way. So they voted the party circle, and In so voting for Roose velt voted into office perhaps the worst legislature California ever had, and a congressional . delegation the majority of whom were not at all In sympathy with the Roosevelt policies. Particularly has the party circle worked against the re-election of good judges Repeatedly Judges whose rec ord on the bench has won them high esteem of laity and bar have been de feated for re-election because of he ac cident of belonging to the minority party, and having the balance of party circle.votes against them. i State Press Echoes VALUE OF EDUCATION A new idea of the value of an education Is R lv. " v I-nnlel Waldo yield, the milliunai,, shoe manufacturer, who "as entere,! Harvard at the a«e of 45 years. He Is one or the many ■•Mlf-made" men of this country of opportunity- he la one of the countless "ex ampl's"" pointed out to the youth of every generation.-San Jose Herald. -+- PRIZE FIGHTS ILLEGAL The California law la plain regarding prize flEhts Buoh contests are prohibited. No of ficer of the law need err In enforcing It. Ac cording to Its provision the proposed .Teffrles- Sohnson fight, which Is being planned (or July 4 at Emeryville, never should be permitted.— Modesta News. HANKERS FOR LOS ANGELES The eenlal editor of the PlacepVilU Nugget Ih worried beeauee that di-llKhtful town is not sixty miles from I»s Angeles, Instead of as nrmy from Sacramento, and he bemoan! his fate, and that o£ his community.-Sacramento Union. SADLY MIXED It may be neoeeiary to be soused in the muddy waters ol the Sacramento to set a paawort to Blyelum. If It Is so, however, no one ran deny that the icheme of things Is sad ly mixed.-Woodland Mall. NO RELATION Wally Bey, who showel Mr. Roosevelt around at Alhasar, Is In no way related, as far as we are able to ascertain, to our own Willy Boy, who stood oft the able-bodied pop ulation of San Barnardlna county In the desert last summer.—l'asudena News. —— PRESIDENT'S JOKE "On* term li enough tor me, 1 President Tart said, an J then followed with the explana tion that he was only joking. That is a mat ter left largely to the American people, and an explanation of the Joke might not be neces nary.— Tulare Advance. -*— FEW OBJECT The rule In molt newspaper columns Is navel to mention a man who objects to leeini ma m print. Not many such Bum now rc-ilde outside of the cemetery, and the dcaU have been taken there without reque.t.-Santa Cruz Sentinel. Vl—Reform of ' the Election Laws Franklin Hichborn To amend whai Is left of the Austra lian ballot law into something iiko its old-time effectiveness two bills were In troduced at tin! hist session of the leg islature. They were: First—The party circle bill, which re mOved the parly circle from tlio elec tion ballot. Becand The Judicial column bill, Whioh provided that the names of can didates tor the bench should lie printed in a column "ii the ballot by themselves ami without party designation. This would have effectively taken the Judi ciary out of politics. Until measures passed the senate; both were held up m the assembly un til the closing days of the session, and then defeated in that house by narrow margins. The "party circle" bill passed tho senate by a vote of Td to 15, as fol lows: To remove the party circle from tho election ballot—Anthony, Bell, Ulrdsnil, Black, linynton, Caminetti, Campbell, Cartwright, Estudlllo, Huro,' Holohan, Kennedy, Leavltt, Miller, Roseberry, Rush, Sanford, Stetson, Thompson, Walker. Willis, Wolfe and Wright—23. The fifteen who voted against tho removal of the party circle from tho election ballott were—Hates, Bills, Burnett, Cutten, Finn, Hartman, Hurd, Lewis, MartlneUl, Price, Savage, stro bridge, Weed and Welch—j.j. In the assembly, the party circle bill was denied second reading ana in mis way killed by a vote of 86 to 35. Tho change of a single vote would have put the moasure upon Its passage. The vote was as follows: 'I'o deny the party circle bill sec ond leading and thus prevent its pas sagi Barndollar, Beardslee, Bonan, Butler, Collier', Cronin, Cullen, Dean,. l-eehy. FUivelle. Fleishcr, Flint, Greer, Griffiths, llammon, Hanlon, Hans. Hawk, Hayes, Hinkel, Johnson of San Diego, Leeds, Macauley, McClellan, McManus, Melrose, Moore, Mott, Otis, Perine, Pulcifer, Rech, silver, Stan ton, Transue and Wagner—36. To give the party circle bill second reading, thus favoring the passage — Baxter, Beatty, Black. Bohnett, Cal lan. Cattell, COghlan, Cogswell, Collum, costar. Qerdes, Gibbons, Qlllis, Hewitt, Holmqulst, lrwln, Johnson of Sacra mento, Johnson'of Jlacer, Julliard, Ke hoe, Llghtner, Maher, Mendenhall, Nel son. Odom, o'Neiii, Polsley, Preston, Rutherford, Btucki nbruck, Telfer, Whitney, Wilson; Wyllie, Young—3s. The judicial column bin has been called a Democratic measure. Nothing could be further from the truth. It was Introduced by a Republican sena tor, Boynton. It had the indorsement of Chief Justice Beatty of the stato supreme bench, who is a Republican, and of the superior judges generally throughout the state without regard to tl.eir party affiliations. The measure passed the Republican senate by a vote of -'i to !), two Demo crats, by the way, Curtln and Hare, voting against it. The vote was as follows: For the bill -Anthony, Hell, Dills, Blrdaall, Black, Boynton, Burnett, Caminettt, Campbell, Cartwrlght, Cut ten, Bstud.llO, xlolohan, Kennedy, Lewis, Miller, Price, Sanford. Stet son, Strobrl dge, Thompson, AValker, Welch, Willis, Wolfe. Wright—3B. Against the bill—Curtln, Finn, Hare, Hart man, Kurd, I^eavitt, Martinelll, Savage and Weed—9. Having passed the senate, the Ju dicial column bill went to the assembly, where, on its final passage it re ceived a majority of those voting, but not the majority of the assembly, forty one votes, which was required for Its passage. The, bill was defeated by a vote of 35 for to 29 against. Six more votes—there were sixteen members ab sent when the vote was taken — would have passed the bill. The voto was as follows. For the ludielal column bill—Baxter, Beatty, Bohnett, Callan, Cattell, I well, Collum, Costar, Drew, Flint. <ier des, Gibbons, Gillis, Hewitt, Hinkle. lrwln, Johnson of Placer, Julliard, Ke lioe, Llghtner, Maher, Mendenhall. Moore, Oilum, Otis, Polsley, Preston, Pulcifer. Backett, Stuckenbruck, Telfer, Whitney, Wilson, W\llie, Young—l!.". Against the judicial column bill— Barndollar, Beardslee, Rehan, Black, Coghlan, Cronln, cullen, Feeley, Fla velle, Greer, Hanlon, ' Hans, Hawk. Holmquist, Johnson of Sacramento, Johnson of San Diego, Leeds, Ma cauley, McCellan, Melrose, Mott, Nelson, Rech, Rutherford, Sehmitt, Silver, Stanton, Transue, Wagner—29. At the legislative session of 1911, a second attempt will be made to take the Judiciary out of politics, and to re store the Australian ballot system to something like its original effective ness. The proponents of the two mea sures will endeavor to force to suc cessful conclusion the reforms which, at the session of 1909, failed by nar row margin. Far and Wide DOGGEREL Salt! the dog: "When that trip to th» cupboard Was taken by Old Mother Hubbard, Her search was a stall— She had eaten It all Herself—and, I know for I rupboard!" —Puck. EXTINGUISHING A VILLAGE "William Rockefeller has been balked in his ooncludlnc efforts to extinguish the «iilnr,'i> of Brandon, ui> In tl»> Adirondack*. It used to l»' 11 place of 12W) tnhuhltunts, but hns beon so far surrounded and encroached upon by Mr. Rockefeller's park anil f.ir.st reservation that only about four families remain.—Spring field (Mass.) Republican. —5— MISSING GOLD Last year the various mining regtoni of th« world provided upward of }4;V).fl00.000 In gold. Where has It gone? It ilo,;< no! appear In the statements of the finances of the various governments of the world, nor In the bank statements.—Salt I,ake Tribune. —*— ELK The range of the elk extends over a large portion of the North American continent. There, however, it is known as the moose, since the name of elk is reserved for the wapiti, the latter being an entirely Infar reel l>ut firmly founded local nomenclature. — WWe World. ELECTRIC SALTER One of the electrodes In the vat was weighed) down with a brick, which after the rumbled In the hand like dry cake. The electricity had driven the wilt particles Into and through the brick. As he was Interested In the paoklng business, the. experimenter wondered If electricity couldn't drive milt into meat. Fie tried it, and B Kreal meal ciir ins plant hai been erected in Cleveland.— Collier's. TAXICAB ECONOMY But with tnxirabs It Is different. They bat up money Caater than the old cabs, and It Is nothing unusual now fur an MOOri to iisk bow much longer it will take to gut ready. Within fifteen 01 twent] mlnutei "i the tlm« set im calls a taxi and (eta hero Just as you m« going downstairs. Not very romantic, no, but It's sensible und saves money.—New York Bu>»