Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-03
FOR A CAMPAIGN
OF EDUCATION
CONSOLIDATION FEASIBILITY
WILL BE DEMONSTRATED
earbIed Report Of Governors Call In
Morning Paper Leads Some
Workers to Entertain
False Hopes

text of the governors call for q special
session of the legislature, published in
one OF the morning papers yesterday,
several members Of the consolidation
commission were for a short time led
into entertaining the mistaken impress
sion that the constitutional amend
ment providing for city and county con-
solidation had been made a part Of the
call. The discrepancy between this re-
port and the one sent out by the Asso-
ciated Press was. however, soon called
to the attention Of the members of the
commission and the result was an in
vestigation which before long proved
the story that Indicated n complete vic
tory for the consolidation commission
to have been entirely I'm the wrong
The call as it finally left the hands Of
the governor provides for the consider
alton of the consolidation question only
so far as IT affects the water supply.
This falls far short OF meeting the
views of the consolidation commission.
knockers" Win
Judging by dispatches from Sacra-
mento, strong pressure was brought to
bear OH the governor up to the last
minute by the friends of the proposition
to induce him to include the constitu-
tional amendment in the call These
efforts proved of no avail. however, for
when the document was given into the
hands Of the Associated Press 1t was
found that the knockers" had won.
IT is understood that the governors
call was prepared when he left Oak
land for Sacramento early in the day.
but it was not until after 10 o'clock
that night that It was finally sent out
Meantime several members of the dele
cation from Los Angeles county called
on him in regard to the matter. Wick
ersham, Pendleton and Transue were
among the strongest advocates of the
inclusion of the amendment as desired
by the consolidation commission,
while Thompson of Alhambra vigor-
ouslY opposed it, Stanton took the po-
siton that the amendment should not
be included, because part of the county
was opposed to it. IT was owing to the
fact that the Los Angeles delegation
were unable TO come to an agreement
that the call was delayed until nearly
midnight.
Is Great Disappointment
The failure of Governor Pardee to
insert this amendment in his call for
a special session of the legislature is
great disappointment to the members
of the consolidation commission, as it
will delay the completion of their plans
for at least two years.
Up to a week ago they had confidently
counted on the active assistance of the
governor in this matter, and the report
that he was disposed to yield to the
wishes of the opponents of the scheme
came as great surprise. AT the meet
ing of the consolidated commission
Friday night President Butler reiter-
ated his statement that Governor Par
dee had promised to include the amend
ment in his CALL and he explained the
under which that prom
ise was made. He showed that he and
Postmaster Flint had a conference
with the governor and Judge Snooks,
the governors legal adviser, and that
at that time Judge Snooks submitted
three propositions along this line to
them. Mr.. Butler said that any of
these would be acceptable to him, and
Judge Snooks announced that one of
the three would be included. The gov
ernor thereupon declared that anything
Judge Snooks approved in regard to
this proposition would be satisfactory
to him.
Will Push Work
The commission does not purpose to
allow this failure on the part of the
the call to interfere in any way with
its plans, however. On the contrary,
such preliminary work as can be done
will be pushed forward as rapidly as
possible so that when the matter can
be brought before the Legislature much
of the detail work will have been
cleared away.
1t is quite probable that for a time
the efforts of the commission will be
directed principally toward bringing
about an understanding with San
Pedro. Sentiment at San Pedro appears
to be favorable to the proposition,
although the citizens there doubtless
will insist on some assurance with re-
gard to harbor control. They recognize
the fact that with the control of the
harbor divided among three cities, as
at present, much of its value as an
factor is lost. Just how
the wishes of San Pedro in this respect
can be met remains to be seen, but
the commission has set itself to the
task of solving this problem. for it is
realized that a satisfactory solution will
be attended by decidedly important re-
suits for this city.
May Reach Understanding
With respect to Long Beach and
Pasadena, hopes of reaching an UNDER
revived in the last few days. Although
it has been understood that sentiment
in both cities was strongly against the
proposition favored by the consolida-
tion commission, reports which have
come to members of the commission re-
Gently indicate that possibly this idea
is not entirely correct, and that the
case may be one of jumping at conclu-
sions. AT any rate, negotiations along
this line will be resumed, and an effort
made to reach an agreement on the
subject.
The members of the commission realize
that they have a difficult task ahead OF
them and that "A great deal of work
along educational lines will be neces-
sary before much actual progress can
be made
Will Name Delegates
Every town and incorporated city in
the county will be invited to name del
egates to meet the commission for the
purpose of discussing the consolidation
proposition. The general public knows
little Of the merits of this proposition,
and a campaign of publicity will have
to be conducted before the average
citizen is ready to vote intelligently on