Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
TO RECALL
M'ALEER
Sixth Ward People to
Try Weapon
Business Men Will Be
Asked to Sign
Residents Demand That Cars Be Run
Over the South Park Avenue
LIne-Sltuation Is Thor
oughIy Discussed

Resolved, that our committee of
twenty draw up a conservative petit
ton to be presented to the business
men of this city asking that we be
granted relief, and in case Of failure
of such relief the recall Of Mayor Nc
Aleer be considered"
This resolution was almost unani-
mously carried at a meeting Of South
Park residents held last night at the
corner of Vernon and South Park
avenues. Fully two hundred male
residents of the district voted yes
on the proposition, and but one soil
tary voice answered with a decisive
mo" when the negatives were called
for.
With this action as an impetus the
committee of twenty. which was In
creased to twenty-five during the
meeting. withdrew to the real estate
office Of n. NJ. Couch, corner of Forty
second street and South Park avenue,
to talk over the petition It is the
plan of this committee to have the pc
titions drawn up as soon as possible,
and on the opening of business Mon
day morning circulate them among
business men in the downtown dis
trict. If the sentiment favors the
petition It will be presented to the
city council at its session at 10 o'clock
Monday morning, or as soon as IL is
possible to get it there. The entire
morning may be taken up in getting
the signatures and the petition not
presented to the council until the
afternoon session, but the committee
is determined to have it brought up
Monday.
Rely on Business Men
"It is useless to appeal to the coun-
ell any longer" said Chairman Will
iams. "Our only hope is to stir up
public sympathy TO such an extent
that the mayor will be compelled to
listen to our appeals. If we cannot do
1t the whole city may be able to do it,
He was elected to office to serve our
ends. not his own. He is our servant,
not our master and he must be made
to heed our appeals"
1t is evident that by tearing up the
rails on South Park avenue and In
terrupting the street car service on
that line Mayor McAleer has made
himself exceedingly unpopular in that
district.
The meeting was perfectly quiet and
!, 'derly, and although this is the first
of he numerous recall meetings that
have disturbed the political atmos-
b phere during the last few weeks in
which the recall was at all seriously
mentioned it. was done in the calmest
manner possible, an evidence of the
fact that these South Park avenue
residents are terribly in earnest.
1t was also evident that the senti-
ment for the recall Of the mayor grew
as the meeting progressed. for Chair
man Williams, in talking to b CO.
horts before the opening of the meet
ing, said; 81 am positive that the
business men of the city will sign our
petition. | have talked with some r
the most prominent business men of
the city, who have expressed disgust
at Mayor McAleer's action and inti-
matedAthat they would be willing to
help Ss in any way in their pow T.
The way Is now open for them. TIL
will sign our petition"
Unless the street car line is short
ly in ope' tion the "recallers" exrect
to have 4ayor McAleer up for a Sec
ond voteF within twenty days. If the
service is continued they do no. care
whether the rec4' becomes 6 erative
Or NOT