Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-12
RECALL PETITION
IN CIRCULATION
HEALY'S FRIENDS SIGNING
DOCUMENT
Only 225 Signatures Are Necessary to
Force Proceedines-Councilmen's
Supporters Sure of UItl-
mate Vindication

Strike while the iron is hot or 1t will
be useless to strike at all is the policy
on which those who favor Bernard
Healy's recall are evidently proceed
ing.
Petitions for the recall were formu-
lated yesterday and will be circulated
today by the several members of a
committee appointed by Chairman
Horgan at the mass meeting Tuesday
evening.
In circulating these petitions, 1t Is
claimed, the members of the committee
are overstepping the authority con-
Veyed by the chair. as the committee
was appointed for the express purpose
of canvassing the ward and learning
the sentiment of the voters, with a
view to reporting their sentiment at
a meeting next Tuesday night AT the
next meeting, it was stated, steps
would be taken to institute recall pro-
ceedings if the voters of the ward IA
vored it.
Tuesday nights fiasco, however,
changed a good portion of such in
dignation as existed into mirth, and
1t appears that the remnants that
exist here and there have to be care
fully nursed to he kept alive. For
fear that they may die out altogether
the members of the committee have
come to the conclusion that the best
plan they can pursue Is to circulate
the petitions for the recall and report
the sentiment of the ward afterward
Friends Will Sign Petition
Less than 225 names will be neces-
sary on the petitions in order that
the recall proceedings may be insti-
tuted, as this will be the percentage
of the total vote, required by law.
Some of Barney's best friends have
stated that they will sign the petitions
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order that Healy may have an over
whelming vindication at the polls.
According to the law governing re-
calls the incumbent councilman's
name must be placed on the ballota
as well as the opposition candidate. If
it comes to a vote, Healy friends pre-
dict that the Eigth ward councilman
will have three-fourths of the entire
vote and be returned to the council
with a larger majority than he orig
inally had.
Councilman Healy is accused Of IA
voring the Southern Pacific, and he
gladly admits the impeachment. 1t
is part of his business to further the
interests of the Southern Pacific as
they apply to the Eighth ward, for in
so doing he is favoring his own con-
stituents. A great majority of the
residents of the Eighth ward earn
their living by working in the Southern
Pacific shops. There are some en-
ployes of the Santa Fe in this ward,
but they are in a small minority.
Healy's Strength Grows
BY the simple fact Of favoring the
Southern Pacific, Healy's friends de-
clare that he has greatly strength
ened himself in his ward, and that if
Healy chooses to run again for coun-
Gilman at the end of his term, the
Democratic Eighth will have its same
Republican representative.
Rumors of a general recall of all
the councilmen except the represen-
tative of the Sixth ward. and of Coun-
Gilman Harmon of the Second ward,
who is away on leave of absence and
had no opportunity to vote on the mo-
mentous question, were rife yesterday.
It required but little tracing of these
rumors to prove that they emanated
from the same place where the recall
petitions were formulated yesterday
and the members of the council
laughed all such insinuations to scorn.
hand in the case and presented the
following resolution for consideration
of the council next Monday:
"Resolved, That we respectfully re-
quest the city council to withdraw the
order passed by your honorable body
Oct. 9, granting the Southern Pacific
company an exclusive franchise to
construct a spur track through jack
son street, east of Alameda, and we
ask that you grant no franchise to
either company until an agreement has
been concluded between them which
will be satisfactory to the property
owners of that street. and will allow
for the use of the tracks by both COM
panies.'