The herald., 1894-11-18
LOS ANGELES 1ERALD SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 49, 1894

oped and beautified as rapidly as it can
be done without the unnecessary ex-
pendit1re OF public money. There are
several places in the lower parts of tho
city where at the proper time email
parks could and should be laid out and
the health, comfort and happiness OF tho
people OF those localities increased.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
In the cooperation with the various
commercial organizations which are de-
voting themselves to the development
OF our section the mayor can do much to
induce public Improvements, foster
great enterprises and create an atmos-
phere of security for profitable invest
ment. Every dollar judiciously spent
in these directions Is dollar we'll spent
and adds to the general prosperity Of
our people.
The mayor is in large measure the
medium OF communication between our
people and the outside world, and our
reputation and fair fame often depend
on mis- activity, energy, sagacity and
capacity to set forth the possibilities of
our city.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Hand in hand with our industrial and
commercial progress should march our
Intellectual development.
III fares the state to fastening Ills prey,
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
One OF the crowning glories of America
and the palladium OF its liberty is the
common school and on every hill side
aud in every valley, hamlet and city
this symbol OF our civilization is an OBJ
ject OF jealous care.
Educated in the public schools myself,
for many years an officer OF the board of
education in an eastern city. fighting it's
battles upon many platforms, | have
ever been profoundly pressed with the
necessity of preserving the common
schools and their resources in their in
tegritv, and developing them to meet the
needs of our people.
In our rapidly growing city our pop
ulation has ortTun the capacity OF our
schools and mpny families are deprived
of the full measure of their benefits.
II should bs one OF the first duties OF
the incoming administration to encour-
age the extension of the school capacity
OF the city until it fully meets the re-
quirements of our population, and to
apply to the administration of school
affairs the same business methods as in
other Departmental.
THE IsTEREsTs OF LABOR.
A large portion OF our cosmopolitan
population is com posed of wageworkers
whose interests should be carefully
guarded by our local government. The
period of industrial depression through
which the country has just passed has
borne heavily upon the American work
ingman and has brought upon US a
season OF social unrest. The pinchings
OF poverty are not conducive to good
citizenship, and an empty stomach
makes many an anarchist. In the in
terest, therefore, OF peace and good
order, as we'll as to do justice to large
body OF our citizens. the chief executive
should do everything in his power con-
sistent with the public good to further
the cause of labor.
Every public enterprise inaugurated,
every factory started, every public im-
provement made is OF benefit to our
workingmep.
It. should be the duty of the incoming
administration to seek to bring about
such condition in our local affairs as
will secure employment as far as possi-
bic Tor our unemployed.
1t was my pleasure about two years
ago to advocate and sssiat in establish
ing free employment bureau. At that
time it was ar experiment in this City
t9day it is permanent Institution
which during the hard times of the past
year has done much to alleviate suffer
I ing and secure employ for the un-
employed. 1t should receive the en-
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citizens. Ny views on these and kin
dred questions are go we'll known that |
need not repeat them here, except to
say that | am in favor OF everything
which may lawfully be done in the in
nently improve the condition of the
American workingman and make pros
porous that unit OF civilization-the
American home.
THE WATER QUESTION.
And now I come to what is perhaps
the paramount issue Of this campaign,
the question Of municipal ownership of
water works-a matter upon which every
candidate for mayor ehould speak with
no uncertain sound. About two years
ago the city council submitted to the
VOteI5 tHo QUESTION Ot tD0 ISSUE OF DODQs
to the amount OF $4,000 for the con-
structon of city System of water
works for the elevated districts OF East
and West Los Angeles and Boyle
Heights. At the election the bonds
were carried by vote of about four to
one. The result OF that election dem
onstrsted that the people were by a
large majority in favor of the city own-
ing and controlling it's own supply OF
water. The bonds voted were for 20
years in accordance with the then exists
ing law, and the gentlemen who. in
company with myself. had advocated
the bonds throughout the city, as we'll
as tho public generally, thought that
the city would at once enter
upon the issue of the bonds and
the construction of the water works.
But before the bonds were issued bill
WAS allowed to pass the legislature pro
viding only for forty year municipal
hond, and when the city authorities at
tempted to place the bonds on the market
they were met with the objection that
there was no suthority to Issue 20 year
bond, and thus the will of the people
! was again defeated. do not say that
this act was passed with the design OF
defeating the water bonds, but l do say
that it was an unfortunate circumstance
that the issue of the bonds was delayed