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10 LOS ANGETAES EXPRESS SATURDAY DECIDEBER 06 190S I Los The Effect of Exaple 1---0 ANGELES EXPRESS' tore is this abou mt the graft situation in I Hd i 'Pittsburg that relieves with the brightness of its appenen Los Angeles 111gmig mitt tlicIA ers ILII Me 11141111117q LP I 1 WS I WILL SWAMP SOLONS WITH FAKE LETTERS 0rioma1 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER hope the blackness of it night that else were -4-w OLDEST DAILY IN LOS ANGELtS best men ill the comninnity St and Iktorch 27 Ig71 as a unit for the punishment of the grafters i No inerveuary or maudlin sympathy for any of Published by EVENING EXPRESS COMPANY the defendants because ho is extremely rich is oat '64 Exo 217) West rtrth Strpe referred to in the reports of Pitkiburg condi skit ift! mENtrEit 0i7 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS tions 1 mr i 7 Prnhl i lOrrsirt HE MY 7acqu! gat skit 0 mr i ncli0 'OW rHe rfluit Vbs Tebcie (-'' ') A VA101111111111ilit' 2 MT 1 I 0 n77 it lr "r--- A' Trb 4 1 )' N- 1701A: -4 -A14 iii 0 i --i (' '-'----i tpvt --'J 0 'I 4s 1-z--- -0 r7----t s-1 0 6:7 --04)' --rp2 AT! r- 74frty 1 11 :0) 1-F-7 I tor i1 kW 1 1 LI-I 11-TE L(7 ---i- if a 11 mu i if'' 1- L741 t--4----- Terms of Subscription r'arri 4 C'ent4 NrInth fl-NIRO CentR a 34onth or Year Thither the Associated Press relates! "A member of the Voters league is author-ay for tim statenn in that a great number of tubl Plusburgers hurried to the front to offer any assistance In making the 'elean-up' complete The Voters' league depends on donations of money to carry on its work and numerous 'onDEttig tnr delivery of Tlitl FlXPIlll3A to residence or ut ross eter he made by Devil ilsrd or telephone Irregularity in iNivery ronrt el to thft ritTlen no to 7 31 in IOW have immePele eitenehm liuth Telephones flume The! Eaorese or Sonset Mnin SOO Fintereel nt the Los Angeles Posintriee as seeondeelams matter 1' One of the schemes frequently re- ire r7(anonsnaaes 14 yvitta I sorted to by professional lobbyists is age) '1 to deluge members of the legislature Total ir with letters front alleged conetittlents Slate Senator Page hall a hundrei letters investigated Here is tho result It has leaked out that the racetrack gambling interests are preparing to Forgeries I work this ton a large scale and it is ier)t at addresses :4 91 well that the legislature be put on Net at hew 11 tit radronlin guard In United Rtaten navy I 1 To the green legislator these missives "ramnt I I are impressive but the wise public Teetifrete 1 servant at once that the sup- Fignatures admitted 4 porters of a bad cause have established TOW IP( a letter factory It is an old game The Just thirty-three signatures nut oi 1177 Nvere genuine and one of these wei wrilten by a bey of 14 years Forty gamblers in Nev York tried it and were exposed but that will not prevent them from trying it In California I five of the signaturn were forgeriel When the Hart -Agnew bill was be- and the rest were myths And still fore the New York legislature 177 let- the promoters of racetrack gambling ters from constituents who favored the prate of the sport if kings At Sacm 1 oadpi (clo minnnvtaeor anorf many the esveoalyrt though ebdar ilensdog ati racetrack were turned over to the New they Will plead earnestly for the York Times for investigation suit was as follows: That olsrpwhahnast Forgeries Not known at addresses Removed 131 Not at home gnelsluatitrynmaennato wt1h1 they House closed I the gamblers did at Albany There they Address varent house I tothwelorrkini 41 teirxiehyaugsotetd Address Vliennt lot Address BrYilnt Park Address car harn 2 I Address Madison Square Garden 1 will have the same box of tricks wealthy citizens have told it to 'go the limit NOW York 45 West Thirty-fetirth Street ridesito tirrice Itiarquelle Minding Who shall say Inov much the example of Spreckels in San rit neiseo contributed vIsityrs nre always Ive loon' Insport The Rud 1ph xpress building Telephone end writ se lit les in tho business Wilco are ill that outburst of civie patriollAn? Ile has Prlied ripe te eallem been seen by tlie whole country as a beacon set PP THEATERS the Quiet' Amusing TIE LA SC)---ClotwL (111ANI)--The Toymaker" IA RBA Wredith" IntPrestlEg OUPIIEUM Vaudeville Oood TISCH 1MS Arrh She men" rirat MA "13 reww er's Cheerful 104 A NC EL 11 ie Fe Ir rirOPLIT mum O'Brien" Diverting MA3 EST SulAtttute Acceptable 1-eistr To TtvrE IN 11E SHOW siAtrreY? 0 yEAc firma NV truer --r1 is YV ell er'- tdgi-6 i 4tonm DAr oq root 1 reil6N I comes 7611411101-ILAiPP-31 --2--r-SZ gatetiy tt 1111-14p4 )-ihrtbi CM 1 rir Eqes exrgie4 TSEViSleS (C'' GO GIN 4-1 1 1111-Wriir 4-04L' 3 )-ihrtbi t-4' 1 et "r717'----e i--- Ot tio 1 roSa JNI11- ITU-rig --r1 iS VI ZS er'a 73 CI 1 I GOO GIN I4 asN'To rtvrc' fuy id Ti4t irr IN Tx( SHOW tvigN or comes At Pt a Torivritli-iL-4-6011-31 xiii' 40 )--:) 1 (LNtin a 2 ii-71 4 1 Ii14-'FiTIII 4 1'-- i 1 7- r7 't-4 i' -04 '''''t W'q i -ri 1 1 11 1 5- ti ----N 1 -4 e-4 )t Ili i 0 1 kisdp' lis11! 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Now the best men in a municipality leap to the defense of its outraged honor and ni(1 with purse and person in the punishment of the offending seoundrels corrution EveryIvhere is evident the same growth of appreciation of the duty a good citizen owes to government We hove seen it manifested here in Los Angeles when the group of municipal patriots who made up the advisory committee throttled and killed the a ttempled priva to solo of the good roads bonik up the advisory committee throttled and killed the attempted private sale of the good roads Wily WE GROW Tha Express is the only evening newspaper in Los Angeles that receives or publishes news gathered by the Associated Press In addition it has its 011'11 WashingtonVew York and San Francisco news bureaus together with a salaried correspondent in every town of note in California The Express local and telegraph news-gathering organization 18 unsurpassed No other newspaper in Los Angeles approaches it 1 7 ''111 Ala r41Asrc tr We conqratulate Pittsburg that it finds Avitb- A CA411 1-ri Dill A ira ads pv qtitip- 4461 72 in itz boundaries sons of its own to overwhelm 134- THenN HI at 4Ait Jf'' c-r 1 ----) 424i 4e After the thrilk the bills l'af-adena ilenniuds attention from nll SoutherCaifornia next Friday it rogues emlw I Ballade of the Reformer I I know I am gin angel-child I have my faults and sins I'll own A list of them I have compiled And as I look them o'er I groan And shudder yes and sign and moan Ty think that all these ilis are mine No lv for the past I must stone-- What shall I cut for Nine leen-Nine? I cuss a little ant get wild At also pretty gay My temper's oftess sorely riled At little Blips I make each day Cut out profanity you say? It would be better opine And yet 'tie hare to break What shall I eut for Nineteen-Nine? I like a drink of liquor mild Once in a wht never boocel In fact my friends have often milled Becabse at times I would refuse Oh no I don't expect to use It all my I'll slam The pledge and this bad habit Whet shall I cut for Nineteen-Nine? My evenings are nft beguiled By a cigar or eke my nine And if sun act ion in reviled By my sweet wife I use a "snipe" Then at me she well take a swipe And hang my hide upon the line! The time for my reform Is What shall I cut for Nineteen-Nine? riENVOI Fellows let's all be reconciled To Fate and habits bad reign! you a list of yours compiled? What will you cut for Nineteen-Nine? A BRININSTOOL It isnt Avhat the grown-up got that made his Christma-----it's dal he gave The clay oftet Christmas possesses certain compensating disadvantages of its own 44 A1 Tar PrIlt" el 4 4 i 01' 11 -1r 1 IC ''t A "Remains A AS Chief Kern says: "We have this same trouble every winter" The races bring the erooks That explains the inerease of crime but leaves as mysterious as ever the shameful complianee wherewith California submits to the Um le Sort' wnke ip lind find Ilmt S292-10000 in hi i which old Johndee oweg him 11-1d1mwe1moiniem (From The Express of Dec 26 1862) Christmas was chilly in the mornini but warm and pleasant throughout the clay Some newly-arrived eastern people didn't know what to make of it as they missed their Weigh rides and didn't have to Nveat heavy overeoats and ear lapels It will not be many weeks now before the owners of the large band ot will go over too ninSartl tehleemnennntueallslcaltilpd is no water on the island and the sheep live on bushes containing water in their sialks The mud along Main street wee scratched up today to be carted off This novel operation attracted much attention on the part of the leisurely persons of the community The movement is a very good one Leopold Lobe of the City of Paris store of this city has been appoltned consular agent of the French republic in this city in the place of Eugene Meyer resigned The appointment is an excellent one and will give universal satisfaction to all the people of that nationality In this part of the world Me Loeb is one of the best known business men competent and affable and will discharge the duties of the with dispatch anti care IV Mortimer British vice-consul reports that the British ship Somersetshire arrivd at San Pedro Dec 25 from Newcastle South Wales with a cargo of coal to Meyer Wilson Co of San Francisco She was nearly ninety days from Newcastle Richard Gill of the Chino ranch has i received from Maricopa Ariz a carload of work oxen to be used on the rasch have his petition carried about by paid workers For weeks amassing a group of signers to his petition that would work to the disadvantage of the man who could afford to supply only the required minimum of signers It is idle to argue that the candidate whose purse allows of his gathering 10000 petition signcrs would not have nu advantage over the man whose wealthconfines him to a petitioa of 1000 signers The impression npon a large part of the public wonld be that the man with the greater petition was the more popular of the two candidates whereas he might merely have the greater bank account While signers to petitions are a necessary and good thing it must not be forgotten that they also cost money and 'come at "so much per" In other words the men who circulate petitions mast be paid for their work and the candidate who can employ the larger number and for a longer time is pretty sure to have the larger petition If would-be critics would take the precaution to -write to the sehTtaries of state in those states having direct primaries and fortify themselves with the different laws they would relieve the public of a lot of unripe reasoning and clear the atmosphere of unnecessary obstruction to the direct primary A LITTLE BIT 0' SUNSHINE It only takes little cheer to make some per on glad One Ilttle word may light a face with joy that Mee was rad You ain't obliged to say too much nor say it in SWPII style Cuz a little bit o' stinshlne makes the hull world smile A little deed o' kindness counts a lot wore than you know It warms the hearts made heavy an with love for you they11 glow They'll bless your every effort an' you'll fInd it Wort your while uz a little bit o' sunshine makes the hull world ernile Eight ly Chosen you didn't land a "feller" for a Christmas The seleetion of Dr lAtoore superingift girls you still have fix days more to leap- toudent of the sehools Of Los Angeles to be yen one president of Southern California Teachers' Hash loses all its charm of mystery the days association is a deserved eompliinent to an edu- cator whose administration Of the sehools re- following Christmas Everybody can tell what it ceives the hearty approval of every intelligent is made of person in the city The manimity of the choice The festive hold-up man continues to demon- made by the teachers is equalled by the unastrata almost nightly that Los Angeles is plenty "limit of the regard in which he isheld in Los good enough for even him A ge 1 es by all who have observed his labors and have knowledge of its profitable results! The lf yon believe that fourteen or fifteen hundred achers' association and the sehools of Los children should be denied a high sehool education Angeles are fortunate alike in the posession of vote against the school bonds January 6 siteh capable leadership Missouri hti Tin further ue for the Standard oil company or its branche In brief hid Johndre arpears to be the Castro of the state MAT OTHERSSAY This has been a banher year for the farmers of the nation over seven billions representing the value of their crops It would seem from statistics that the fanners do not need a special commission for uplifting PurPgses American Uncle Sams profit of $10541871 from the coinage of silver nickel and bronze coins in a single year is something handsome The raw materials have rarely been cheaper or the margin of difference between the metal and coin values Herald To hi-m61k an illustration from China it looks ns if' under the 'raft administration lAtandarin cannon would lose his yellow jaaet penooek fenther Mr Taft ptwhims himsself a "bumble-puppy" al golf Evidently Taft doesn't intend that Thew hi 61! ciiia till the ileW words and phraseis 11-o1Uen in I he Ring TWO 18-year-old girls fought a twelve-round twizefight at Worcester Mn by way of ffording an audience of men a pleasing specta ele appropriate to the advent of Christmas TWO hundred and fifty members Of an "athletic" club made up the cultured audienee Stripped to the waist the girls fought under prizeiring rules with skin-tight gloves and both were badly bruised Worthy descendants of the Pilgrim fathers these who graced that modern function VII their presenee They have kept alive the best I raditions of their Puritan ancestors and added to thein the refinements of a civilization Fi uell as the fathers never knew Situated on this remote eoast separated by a thousand leagues from the Massachusetts sanctuaries of vulture we yew-Ante unconseious of the emotions they inspire the aspirations they raise and the higher satisfactions they bestow We can but sing: Land where our fathers (lied Land of the pilgrim's pride! Then let your songs love ring out wherever you ma be An' let 'em echo down the ways all pure an' hue an' free They'll cheer Koine lonesome lorrely heart o'er many a dreary mile Cuz a little bit o' sunshine makes the bull world smile A BRININSTOOL a THE TENDERFOOT SAYS: "Now that Christ- I 45 mas is over it is up Age- to you to get your licoi' 1 r'111F New Year re8olukq09 Hone on straight for 111 1901 Don't make Afrd- any silly resolves I Whatever you in- I 4 tend to do see to it I rt 11-4- that you are both 60" 'safe and sane' about don't fall from grace before the second day of the new year dawns either" The Roetester Post-Express thinks we need "a rew national hymn" Mr Pulliger and Mr Delavan Smith also we need a new national a a a TIME TO SPEAK Pray do not at my terse Insistence scoff But tell me on what you will now Swear off! Castro it is reported is choking with rage Still he might as well mike a few gulps and swallow his disappointment with the best possible grace 1-01 Pi- 7( ifoo: 90911 111 The American-Japanee exchange of view- to be questioned by thp democrats of the senate who pretending to seek more light simply seek more tight The United States Supreme court decided that the interstate commerce commission cannot force Harriman to answer questions Is there anything on earth the interstate commerce conunission has power to beside hold "sit City Times For Present Attention In wrapping up for storage against the coming of another Christmas the impossible gifts you didn't WO Ilt but got it is well to take precautions against giving them bark earelessly then to those who give them now Nothing is more damaging to peace on earth or more destitute of good will than forgetfullyto return to the giver ayear hence the Same apple pincushion that was yesterday deftly shunted off on you It is possible to adjust the balances from 3-car to year with a certain degree of tart and ingenuity In time a disposition 'can be found for everything You are under no necessity a yen hence of restoring the third set of military hair brushes to friend with a bald bead or lavishing the superfluous shaving mug on the old maid who gave it You will be unable to convince her it represents a new design for after-dinnec coffee cups Besides she would recognize it instantly Let system rule and method obtain So at the coming of another Christmas you shall distribute the superfluities of this with perfect confidence that none shall find you out Lincoln Centennial Preparations for commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the loira of Lincoln are being made betimes as is fitting Seldom in our history has there been a personal anniversary better worth the most general and mod thoughtful observance Intleetr no commemoration could be too great for the whole nation to make Especially is It desirable that it shall be as general and as popular as possible That is because Linen Ins services were rendered to the whole people and because 114 was conspicuously end essentially a man of the people in the best sense of that too often abused phrase There Is probably no character in all our history which more strongly appeals to the whole people than does his nor Is there any with which it would be more profitable for the whole people to become closely acquainted--New York Tribune Giving Notice It Is Mr Cannon's business to sit In and take notice that if any one in the republican party has been qualified by tho election to interpret public sentiment it is Mr This is printed of an Eastern hank 'official who eommittoll suicide: "Believed to have been I insane as accounts are straight" What an awful inferenee! Bryan s41ks he hopes it "will never be necessa for him to run for offiee again" Swallowing the same medicine campaign after campaign is a pretty bitter dose 1 and let it go at that Now onee again and altogether before Woreester obliterates he memory of Plymouth Ruck There is no isposition upon tho part of anyone to try to elect to membership in the Ananias club the dozen Californians who say that 'Abe Ituef is Courier-Journal The kaiser with $10000000 a year is said to be broke Nothing doing In the way of 4 marks 20 pfennings a yn Standard-Union Out in Kansas WilfTe the farmers wear diamonds and ride around In auto it Is difficult to see how Mr Roosevelt' uplift movement Is going to get anywhere--Washington Bryan earnestly 1ope3 that it will never again be necessary for him to be a candidate lind thus obtrudes an unwelcome fact upon every republican's Christmas 1 1 Well well--and now Castro blames the United States for his dowfall If it really is a downfall then the United States doubtless will receive ltm thanks of many other nationz 1 Capital $100000009 Surplus $25000001 NOT TO RESOLVE "Made any resolutions yet?" "One" "What is it?" "Not to make any resolutions" Nope that is not a tan bark factory burning down Merely papa trying one of mamma's Christmas cigars that's all LOS ANGELES TRUST CO According to the superintendent of the state hospitals liquor is the chief cause of insanity ill California And yet those who oppose the open saloon arc regarded as puritanical An income tax according to 1tr Carnegie produces a nation of liars and in this it is not unlike the personal property tax Whereas the tnriff tax prodneed a nation of libraries We avail ourselves of the presenee of Col baroilton Lewis in Los Angeles to remind the board of geographic names that no volcano has yet been named in hi fiery-whiskered honor The inventor of the shirtwaist is hope she has gone where SECOND AND SPRING STS Acts as Executor Administrator Guardian and Trustee Does a Trust Banking Business Allows Interest on Deposits Your Business Respectfully Solicited Our TOO Brief Glory We warm ourselves beside the whiskers of Col Hamilton Lewis and bask in the radiance they emit upon the softly palpitating air Happy Los Angeles to entertain fur a space of time that collection of hirsute glory Little did the fathers who founded the ancient pueblo dream of the coming of a Christmas season made splendid and glorious by so heavenly an illumination bestowed by one who is at ()nee the despair of all stenographers and the proud joy of every tailor Jocund (lay comes stealing tip-toe over the misty mountain hip and finds the sky already lighted with the noblest luster supernally pink the fine reflection (if the dream of color that bursts to blessed being on Ham's chin Mariners at sea sailing down the coast view with awed eyes the far flung rainbows and tales shall be told by fishermen hereafter of celestial glows and irideseent gleams bathing the very zenith that marked the coming of this Christ-Mae season How shall we endure the blackness that must fall when wrappings of asbestos hide these ineandescent glories and they are borne in departure by their custodial) through streets lined by a kneeling populace How unhappy the lot of the races at the dawn of civilization They could worship only the insufficient sun relps I-110er w4171 ad177010 Ebi elf liSib Ai Rg Inpwii relp -0' vpf 10: 2474Toawv-T IN :77 8icor 4 0 0 Al Nt 1 1 -7------- ''1-t- 1- kr-5'''' 1 Unripe Criticism It is already apparent that there is to be considerable reckless criticism of the proposed direct primary law One of the first newspapers to expose its lack of famiCarity with the operation of the direct primary in other states is the Redlands Review It notes "with some little surprise" that the bill proposed by the Direct Primary Leagne provides for a maximum percentage of signers of nominating petitions For instance a candidate for the United States senate must have one per cent of the total vote on his petition but he must not have snore than 10 per cent "This seems like an unusual provision" comments the Review As a matter of faet ittis a very usual provision It also is a very sound provision and its inclusion in the proposed law for California was an act of wisdom The Wisconsin law for instance provides that a candidate's petition shall be signed "by at least one per cent of the voters of the party in at least each of Six counties in the state and in the aggregate not less than one per cent nor more than ten per cent of the total vote of his party in the state" The satne thing is true of the direct primary laws of Kansas Missouri North Dakota Sonth Dakota and Illinois In each case it is provided that the petition shall not contain more than a certaia maximum number of signatures There are several rensons why this maximum percentage is desirable but the most forcible one is that it preventA the man with 'the sack" from having an advantage over the man who must make his campaign on I modest basis If there were no maximum the man of great wealth could 1 7 It IMS800ftMd her Sole Duty shall be tO keep shirtwaists buttuned In the back! We Are Amply Prepared 0 The constitution nowlirre says that COngreS Aiall be made up of two bodies a senate to be composed of Nelon Aldrich and a house of 3rpresentatives to be composed of Joseph Cannon It seems that while Mr find' did not receive his expected sentence as a Christmas gift the Iversight will be atoned for in season for him to decept it as a New Year's offering It is far be4ter to give than to receive to clothe men who appreciate snappy exclusive up-to-date clothes and to meet the "Clothes Demands" of men in every walk of life Whether it be the business man with his plain conservative style or the most fastidious dresser in the land our resources are ample with two large establishments back of us to furnish "just what is wanted" at the "time it is wanted" end at a price consistent with good work Call and get acquainted Within a radius of three blocks bounded by Van Ness avenue Fourth avenue Twenty-first street and Powell on Arlington Heights Santa Claus left eleven phonographs five pia nolas and three new babies Christ-matt eve What has this Christian iced community to merit this awful conglomeration of noise? Sens Sz Haller "Tailors to Particular People" Colonel Castro is reported to haite raved in a very fury of rage when told of his overthrow What did the bearers of such intelligence expect? Agrin of pleasure smile of satisfaction the laygh of sheer delight? Despite his conduct Cas tio is still partly human A Colorado multi-millionaire gave his little month-old grandson a million dolars as a Christmas gift We'll bet a nickel the kid would have been far more pleased with it tin 'whistle or a painted monkey climbing a stick "Como where tho ice crystals crackle and crinkle" says a Kansas poet Not us! We're on the water-wagon now! I 219 Second St 114 Sixth St.