anaheim-gazette 1908-10-22

The Weekly Gazette. ESTABLISHED 1870 SUBSCRIPTION - $1.50 Per Year HENRY KUCHEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Six months... $1.00 Three months... $50cts Payable invariably in advance. The Gazette is issued every Thursday morning. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. THE PRIMARY AMENDMENT None will contend seriously that delegate conventions as chosen and conducted in California, or in any other state for that matter, are in any true sense representative of the great rank and file of partisans. Eliminate entirely the pernicious activities of special interests and the great public service corporations, if such a thing were possible, and experience covering the entire history of the delegate convention system would demonstrate conclusively that delegate conventions were not representative of the people—that in their very nature they could not be representative of the people. General participation in caucuses or primaries for the selection of delegates and instructions placed upon delegations fail utterly to protect the great rank and file of parties. Delegates fortified with instructions which enable them to withstand the blandishments of vote hunting convention leaders invariably construe two or three undeciding ballots as a release from their instructions. They have recorded a vote or votes in accordance with the expressed wishes of their constituents. According to the ethics and practices of conven- AS THE RECORD STATES Miguel Estudillo is from range county with circular ting forth his reasons for election to the state Mr. Estudillo informs us ed the following meritorious: The direct primary law The Yosemite park bill Pure food law; The anti-race track bill; Anti-prize fight bill; The bill appropriating water and forest preserves Southern California; The bill appropriating fire lanes in the San mountains; The Cartwright anti-truth Employer's liability act; The woman's suffrage bill Free school text books; An act to provide segregation prisoners. Act to prevent waste of artesian wells. We have no desire to lota from the record of date for office, who pain in such glowing colors as ever, and we reproduce circular the list of bills we claims to have favored. single bill here which headed or incorruptible should not have approved candidate to weave a hail liants about his head done his duty with reference bills? Would not Mr. Gill ed for each and every one bills? But what of the bills Mr says nothing about? Here the great rank and file of parties. Delegates fortified with instructions which enable them to withstand the blandishments of vote hunting convention leaders invariably construe two or three undeciding ballots as a release from their instructions. They have recorded a vote or votes in accordance with the expressed wishes of their constituents. According to the ethics and practices of conventions, the delegate's duty to his constituents has been performed. He joins the rush to make the best trades possible. And "best trade" means almost invariably that trade most advantageous to the traded delegate or his vendor. Those same "best trades" result usually in the nomination of partisan candidates for public office, in whom the rank and file of the affected party has no interest, and who, if the misrepresented partisans had any genuine voice in the matter, would never secure party preference in the shape of nominations to positions of trust. Every delegation of the people's power is a weakening of that power. The voter can exercise that fullest political power which is his of inherent right only when he removes every intermediary agency and selects his own partisan candidates for positions of public trust. He becomes then the power face to face with the public servant. The public servant becomes responsible to the people to the exclusion of the special interests, which in every delegate convention slate have made public office an agency for the execution of public plunder. The first remedy lies in the elimination of the intermediary primary and the delegate convention. No commonwealth has suffered greater injury from the delegate convention system than has California. Popular indignation wrung from the masters of the party machines solemn promises to enact primary election law. Assembly constitutional amendment No. 3, which will be submitted for ratification at the general election on November 3, will clear the way for direct primary legislation—for the elimination of the delegate convention and for the restoration to the single bill here which should not have approved candidate to weave a hailants about his head done his duty with reference bills? Would not Mr. Gill ed for each and every one bills? But what of the bills Mr. says nothing about? Here of bills which he also app concerning which he is as the tomb. The salary-grab bill, incr pay of state officials andors by hundreds of thousand lars, when he knew, or oug known, that California is most expensively governed the union. The change of venue would have set Ruef and S of danger of being sent to son. It seems hard enough these eminent San Franciscoers into jail. This change bill would have practically them immune to punishment. The removal of the state which if enacted into law the state probably $10,000 was a railroad machine m and simple, and Mr. Estud as Jere Burke ordered him. The bond bills for the cisco seawall, aggregating another railroad machine m San Francisco chamber of is on record as publicly ob one of these bond issues, ship-owners' association stjects to the other. Estud for both. He dodged a vote on the cal-demurrage bill, the mo tant anti-machine measure to the legislature, and also number of other railroad b are referred to in the Judge Gill's speech printed Estudillo trained with th push at Sacramento, and tinues so to do. He is an out railroader, and is know by everyone in the state w one jot or tithe of Califo tics. The Riverside convene he manipulated was and is Assembly constitutional amendment No. 3, which will be submitted for ratification at the general election on November 3, will clear the way for direct primary legislation—for the elimination of the delegate convention and for the restoration to the people of their public servants. That amendment will be the first proposition in the right hand, or last column, on the ballot. None of the 17 propositions to be submitted affects the people more vitally than does assembly amendment No. 3. Every vote for that amendment is a vote for representative government—for free parties. Every elector who fails to vote on assembly amendment No. 3 votes for a continuation of the conditions which have subjected California to the shame and the pity of the nation. This is the way the direct primary constitutional amendment will appear on the general election ballot. It will be the first proposition top of last column, on that ballot. If you want free political parties and free government vote for assembly amendment No. 3. Miss Claudina Rimpau and Miss Gertrude Asher, maids of honor to Queen Ethel, were among the prettiest girls at the carnival. Estudillo trained with the push at Sacramento, and continues so to do. He is an out railroader, and is known by everyone in the state who one jot or tithe of Californtics. The Riverside convention he manipulated was and is a to the district. Had the city been cleanly and honestly done this man would never have nominee. It was only by critics that he secured the net and voters of both Orange side counties should repudiate at the polls. If a representative of the desire, instead of a reelection of the people, Estudillo be voted for. If a representative of the people, not of the railway wanted, he should be defeated. Honor to Santa Ana for his efficient Carnival of Productions could not have been surpassed where in the Golden state. Ed brains and money to carry carnival with success and loss who participated in the parade well as those who witnessed geant, are to be congratulated lerton and Anaheim floats notable feature. Let us put to wheel another year, and our efforts. Hats off to and enterprise of the county. Senator Flint will addresslican meeting at the opera hall Tuesday evening,O ct. 27. THE RECORD STANDS Estudillo is flooding Ordunty with circular letters setforth his reasons for seeking to the state senatorship. Estudillo informs us he supporting following meritorious measdirect primary law; Yosemite park bill; food law; anti-race track bill; rize fight bill; bill appropriating $75,000 for land forest preservation in California; bill appropriating $5000 for res in the San Bernardino counties; Cartwright anti-trust law; Bayer's liability act; woman's suffrage bill; school text books; set to provide segregation of the prevent waste of water from wells. have no desire to detract one in the record of this candioffice, who paints himself glowing colors as a reformwe reproduce from his cirlist of bills which he have favored. Is there a bill here which any levelor incorruptible legislator not have approved? Is this be to weave a halo of brilabout his head for having duty with reference to these Would not Mr. Gill have votach and every one of these that of the bills Mr. Estudillo thing about? Here is a list THE AMENDMENTS Voters will not be far wrong in stamping their cross in the No square on every constitutional amendment submitted to them at the approaching election. There may be one or two propositions of minor importance which might be permitted to slip through, as for instance the amendment which lengthens the time for signing bills by the governor, after adjournment of the legislature, from ten to thirty days, as well as the amendment relating to assessment of mortgages; but in the main the amendments are the most vicious lot ever submitted to a free people. There is one exempting railroads from local taxation, two salary-grab bills, two bond bills for the San Francisco water front, one for removing the state capital from Sacramento to Berkeley, at a probable expense of ten million dollars, and two for casting the schools of the state into the mire of party politics. Vote against them all. Standing out like a beacon light in the darkening gloom of dirty politics, is the amendment relating to primary elections. This is the keystone in the arch of your liberties. Vote for it, and get your neighbor to vote for it. We are indebted to Controller Nye for a copy of his annual report giving the assessed value of property in the counties of the state, together with other data. The report shows the total assessed valuation of all property in the state to be $1,994,511,-229, an increase of $116,000,000 over 1907. Valuations of Southern California counties are as follows: We are indebted to Controller Nye for a copy of his annual report giving the assessed value of property in the counties of the state, together with other data. The report shows the total assessed valuation of all property in the state to be $1,994,511,229, an increase of $116,000,000 over 1907. Valuations of Southern California counties are as follows: Los Angeles ..... $407,666,294 San Diego ..... 31,447,399 San Bernardino ..... 33,040,625 Orange ..... 20,213,109 Riverside ..... 20,874,067 VOTE AGAINST THEM Assembly amendments Nos. 8 and 24 are an attack upon our present school system. They were passed by the most notoriously subservient legislature in the state's history, and have but one object in view—the dragging of our school system into politics. The first of these two vicious amendments strikes a blow at the high schools and would introduce a system so indefinite in its terms that it is donbtful if even the supreme court could properly define them. Furthermore, it imposes an additional heavy expense upon the state school fund, without any provision for adding thereo. The adoption of this amendment would be destructive to our schools. It should be overwhelmingly defeated. Vote No. The second amendment, No. 24, proposes to create a new state board of education, which shall have general charge of educational matters. The method of selecting the members is just what might be expected from a boss-controlled and a politically-crooked legislature. The present method provides that the occupants of certain established offices shall be ex-officio members of the board. As a result, there is no wire-pulling, political "influence" or campaigning for membership; in brief there is no politics. It provides further, that the printing of all textbooks "shall" be done agreement, and also ducked a bill of other railroad bills; which referred to in the report of the speech printed elsewhere. He trained with the railroad Sacramento, and still concludes to do. He is an out-and-reader, and is known as such one in the state who knows for tithe of California police Riverside convention which circulated was and is a disgrace district. Had the convention only and honestly conducted, it would never have been the result. It was only by dirty polling that secured the nomination, as both Orange and Riveraities should repudiate him. Representative of the railroad instead of a representative people, Estudillo should for. If a representative of the railroad, not of the railroad, is he should be defeated. To Santa Ana for its magnificent arrival of Products, which have been surpassed anythe Golden state. It requires and money to crown the with success and local peopleicipated in the parade, as those who witnessed the parade to be congratulated. Fulled Anaheim floats were a feature. Let us put shoulder on another year, and eclipse hats. Hats off to the gritprise of the county seat! Flint will address a repub-ling at the opera house next exening, Oct. 27. It provides, further, that the printing of all textbooks "shall" be done at the state printing office. It is difficult to say whether this should be described as "rank extravagance" or worse, but in either case it is against public interest. The state printing office is perhaps the most costly luxury that the state possesses. Books coming from it cost the school children from thirty to fifty per cent more than they would cost if printed by private contract. At present it is optional with the state board whether the books be printed at the state printing office; the amendment would make it obligatory. The evident purpose is to insure permanent employment for political pensioners. Not a single resident of Orange county should have remained away from the Carnival of Products at Santa Ana last week. Exhibits of the county's products amply repaid any one for attending. They could not be eclipsed anywhere on earth. The northern portion of the county was well represented, Los Alamitos, Placentia, Fullerton and this city taking prominent part. No well wisher of Orange county's future prosperity can afford to miss these splendid annual displays. Fruit Growers and Farmers ATTENTION! Will Grow Fertilizer Wetch & Burr Clover at DICKEL'S Columbia Double Disc Records Fit any disc machine and double its value. 10 inch, 65c., 12 inch, $I. Music on both sides—two records at a single price, sold at Jos. Helmsen's 10 inch, 65c., 12 inch, $I. Music on both sides—two records at a single price, sold at Jos. Helmsen's Millinery Opening Fall and Winter Hats and Millinery Saturday, Oct. 3, 1908 MISSES HILL Fast Center Street Anaheim, Cal. Palace Meat Market macher & Schneider Proprietors DEALEPS IN Choice Fresh and Salted Meats Telephone Main 51 Meats Delivered to all parts of city Wallace's Grocery Store Anaheim, Cal. Look at WALLACE'S window for a bargain in Polar Laundry Soap 20 Bars for 85c Sunset 237 Home 1103 W. A. WALLACE, Prop. 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