The herald., 1896-10-02
HOW LONG Oh. HOW LONG
Before the City Secures a
Clean Administration
WATER C0MPANY'S bLIGhIlNG 1A|N1
Has Dirtied Many of the Past
Municipal Regimes
ITS CORRUPTING INFLUENCE
HAS Demorallzed Political Conventions
Of All Parties
Defeat Of The iIeadworks Proposition Ac-
eompIished by Trickery
ITS CORRUPTING INFLUENCE
Has Demoralized Political Conventions
Of All Parties
Defeat OF The iIeadworks Proposition Ac-
eompIished by Trickery
A Resolution Condemning the Attorney
the Water Company to Prevent
the Issue of Sewer Bonds
Defeated

1t has Deen some years now since the
city of Los Angeles has had an admins
tration of its municipal affairs which
has been entirely clean and clear of
the influence of the Los Angeles City
Water company
In times gone by this corporation has
had everything it's own way, both in
the city attorneys Office, in the council
chamber, as we'll as in the mayors.
The only mayor Los Angeles has had
in recent years who stood out against
the exactions of the water company was
during the two terms that Henry L.
Hazard occupied the. chair.
The water company has always been
able to secure exactly what it wanted
at the right time by the liberal use of
coin.
This corporation has done more in the
way of corrupting men and public Off
GERS in this city than all the rest Of the
sources from which pollution came.
The city conventions of the Republi-
can party it has, in the past, always
been able to handle. At times it has
through it's tools and henchmen. been
able to manipulate Democratic munich
pal conventions.
But the one that is going to convene
on Saturday, October 10th, will be en-
tirely free of water company influence
If the voters are aroused to the issue OF
snunicipal ownership and turn out at
the primaries on October 7th to- elect
the right men as delegates.
Four years ago, in the Democratic
city convention, Thomas e. Rowan was
nominated for mayor
The attorney-general of the state had,
at the instance of the City Water COM
pany, attempted to interfere with the
issuance of sewer bonds and the con-
templated city sewer Improvement,
thereby endangering the public health.
This interference of the attorney-gen-
eral had been procured on behalf OF the
water-company by Colonel j. II. Wood
ard, then the confidential advisor of
Colonel Harrison Gray Otis, and the
next man to the colonel on the staff of
the Los Angeles Times.
This uncalled for and unwarranted in
reference of the attorney-general and
the source from whence it came had been
exposed just prior to the meeting OF the
Democratic city convention that nomi-
mated Mr.. Rowan
After Rowan was named delegate
arose and presented a strong resolution
severely scoring the encouragement
for his action in attempting to tie up
the Los Angeles city sewer improve
ments at the dictation Of the water COM
pany.
This threw a boomerang in the camp
of the water company's adherents in the
convention. They supposed that they
had the convention, but If the resolutions
were adopted the opposite would have
been proven
So up rose four or five of the spokes-
men of the corporation advising against
the adoption of the resolution on the
ground that it was a legal matter which
the convention should not deal with.
This subterfuge, which voiced the ex
preston of every true citizen of Los
Angeles, as far as the action of the at
torney-general as special counsel for the
water company, was concerned, defeated
the resolution. Once more the water
company had made a point in Demo-
cratic city convention and 1T was not
the onlys point they made that year,
either. ,45s
To this forthcoming convention only
Democrats should be elected as dele
gates who are men of character, reputa-
ton and responsibility
The water company will endeavor to
secure as many of the aldermanic nomi-
nations as they possibly can. They are
"devilish sly" people. If they can Sc
cure three councilmen out of the nine
and the mayor, municipal ownership
is doomed-unless the city accedes to
the terms of the corporation.
Therefore this is the year above all
years when men should be elected 70
the council whose honor, integrity, abil
ity and special qualifications for the
office arA above and beyond question.
This Is not the year to elect ''un-
knowns'' to the city council This is
not the proper hour for timeserving
politicians and tricksters to come to the
front for aldermanic honors. The man
who in the past has been the favorite
of the Los Angeles Water company
can this year well be excused from act
ing further.
The people remember too we'll the ne
iariouS job that was consummated in
1893 when the option held by the city on
the headworks land was allowed to
lapse. S's* ss2
That piece OF chicanery and sharp
practice was infamous. 1t happened
only about three years. ago and the
parties who effected it are not the par
ties whom the citizens of Los Angeles
desire to handle a transaction with the
City Water company which would in
volve from $4,000, 900 to $4,000, 900 Of the
peoples money.
SACRED HEART CHURCH FAIR