Herriman Saturday

Saturday, September 12 1908 — Another cartoon on the “Solid Three”, Herriman’s cartoons continue blazing against this scandal.

County commissioners Patterson, Eldridge and Wilson, dubbed the “Solid
Three”, put together a bond issue for the county and sold it off,
probably to favored friends, at a high interest rate. They did this
without proper public meetings and without going through the normal
channels to determine a fair interest rate. On discovering this breach
of the public trust, Angelenos were, not too surprisingly, up in arms.

2 comments on “Herriman Saturday

  1. Hi
    I am wondering if this is an homage to Tenniels famous cartoon "dropping the pilot"" from Punch in the 1890's. Or am I just seeing connections where there aren't any
    Greig Daniels

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