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Show ftand by his guns, and the Doc-will 1 stand by Mr. Hlchborn, because he Is right" We need not be told that of cither the man or the paper. From intimate association with Mr. Hlchborn wo can say of him that there Is not in the Rtate of California a more conscientious Journalist, which means that there is not a more honest man. oo LET THE GALLED JADE WINCE ueuiXqui39SV pue rnoqipm UIMUCJJ ti99Misg 03U9J9jJ!a 9MJ. Beardslee. (From the San Francisco Star.) Beardslee Is the name of an assemblyman assem-blyman from San Joaquin county, who after the first of the year, will be an assemblyman no longer thanks to the direct primary law and to Franklin Hichborn, who published Beardslee's unsavory record in his book. "The Story of the California Legislature of 1909." Naturally, Assemblyman Beardslee does not like Mr. Hichborn, and in a ruffianly manner showed lls dislike on Monday night last, in Sacramento. At the Invitation of the Panama-Pacific Panama-Pacific Exposition management a number of senators and assemblymen and members of the press had assem-pled assem-pled for a preliminary discussion of the proposed constitutional amend inents. The Bee was represented by Mr. Hlchborn, who reported the last session of the legislature for that paper. Observing his presence, Beardslee became furious, waved his unclean hands wildly, denounced Hichborn In the language and manner of a hoodlum, hood-lum, and finally made the dire threat that he'would leave the room If Hichborn Hich-born remained. Beardslee stated rTiat he had servod in the legislature many years. Turning Turn-ing to Senator Lealtt, he began: "There sits tho best man In California " (which commendation Is sufficient suffi-cient proof that Beardsleo is nearly the worst). Chairman James McN'ab sharply called Beardslee to order, whereupon Mr. Hlchbbrn took the floor, and stated stat-ed that he was lu the room as representative repre-sentative of the Bee and proposed to remain, regardless of Beardsleo's personal per-sonal feeling toward him. He did so, and faithfully reported the whole pro ceedlngs for the Bee. It Is such men as Assemblyman Baerdsleo and Senator Leavttt ("the best man In California ') who have for many years made the legislature of tills state a byword and reproach. It is natural that they, and such as they, should be angered at Mr. Hlchborn, Hlch-born, whose public service in publishing publish-ing their records as falthfulcss "public 1 servants" cannot bo over estimated. Only the wicked fear Mr. Hlchborn's book. Honest legislators have welcomed wel-comed it, because at a planee their constituents can seo how they stood upon every question that came before the last session of the leclslature. In concluding on editorial dealing with Beardslee's attack on Mr. Hlchborn, Hlch-born, the Bee says: "For a legislature, the (Treat majority ma-jority of whose member have well and faithfully fulfilled their trusts, to rule from the floors a correspondent because his quotatlonn from the official offi-cial journal has forced retirement into private life of some faithless member. would not favorably impress the public. pub-lic. At all events, Mr. Hlchborn will |