Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-08
LIBRARY TANGLE
YET UNSOLvEO
MAYORS ORDER MADE NULL
BY CITY FATHERS
THE CIVIC BODIES MAY ACT
Chamber Of Commerce, Municipal
League and Merchants and Manu-
faeturers' Association Asked
to Investigate
THE CIVIC BODIES MAY ACT

The city council refused yesterday
to ratify the action of Mayor McAleer
in removing the library board.
The city's legislative body decided,
in order that politics might be entirely
eliminated. the Investigation, IL any,
shall be held by the Merchants and
Manufacturers association. the NUM-
cpal league and the chamber of COM
merce, and invited these three civic
bodies to appoint committee to hold
such an investigation.
"This action is perfectly satisfactory
to U.S." say the four library directors.
"All we want is a court of competent
jurisdiction and a square deal. We
are and always have been ready for an
investigation II one is desired and
have no fear whatever of publicity, as
we have made our charges and are
prepared to prove them"
I'VE have the evidence" declared a
prominent member of the board at the
close of the meeting yesterday, and his
sentiments were reiterated by every
member present.
Club Women Present
Miss Jones, accompanied by a coterie
of perhaps fifty club women, occupied
a portion of the gallery of the council
chamber during the session, while n
far larger number of women and busi-
ness men gathered in the gallery to
support the library directors.
Oscar Lawler, as attorney for the
library board, read a communication,
the carefully prepared bombshell on
which he, with the board, has been at
work for the past week. The COM
munication proved a bomb indeed and
made a number of charges against
Mayor McAleer and also Miss Jones'
ability and methods of conducting the
library.
The library directors also put them
selves on record as being perfectly
willing to go into any investigation
that might be deemed necessary. pro-
vided such investigation might be held
before a court of competent jurisdic-
ton. Lawler stamped the entire
squabble as comic opera extrava-
ganza.
Harris for Miss Jones
Attorney Will A. Harris, represent
ing Miss JONES' said in answer to Law
Ter: I'VE were ready for an investigs-
tion before the mayor, we are still
ready and waiting All we want is a
square deal Miss Jones was displaced
without warning, without a chance to
meet the charges which they made
against her. The community ought to
know the facts. Our children are
being educated in the library and we
want to know that it is conducted
properly.
Attorney Earl Rogers appeared in
behalf of Mayor McAleer and renewed
the mayors request that the council
join with him in an investigation Of
the library board.
The well known criminal attorney
gave evidence that he knew his clients
case was hopeless and therefore in
dulged in "a little fun at Lawlers ex-
Rogers, then my dear friend Lawler
must be the chief comedian, and be-
fore long we will have him in tights"
The mayors message was referred to
the committee of the whole, which re-
ported the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted by the coun-
ell at the afternoon session:
Council Stands Firm
Whereas, The honorable mayor has
transmitted to the city council COM
munication notifying it of the removal
by him from the Office of member of
the board of directors of the Los An
geles public library of Isidore b. Dock
weller, Foster c.. Wright, John w.
Trueworthy and S. G. Marshutz and
the council having duly considered the
same;
Nov, therefore, 1t is hereby resolved
that the council refuse at the present
time to assent to such removal and,
BE it further resolved, that the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa-
tion, Municipal league and chamber
of commerce be and they are hereby
requested to appoint an impartial and
unbiased commission to investigate
the subjects in controversy, this body
hereby pledging itself to abide by the
determination of such a commission"
Each of the four library directors ex-
pressed his satisfaction with the coun-
ellis action. The decision is considered
to mean practically the closing of the
incident. Even should the three COM
mercial and municipal bodies named
decide to investigate. the judges will
be business men and the library direc-
tors, feeling they have done their duty,
say they have no fear of the findings
of such a tribunal.
Lawler Makes Charges
Some of the charges made In Oscar
LaWIer's address fairly took the hraa ~,