Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-18
CITIZENS WILL
invoke RECALL
PASADENA WATER QUESTION
IN POLITICS
Committee Of Fifty to Secure Recall
of Mayor and Probably Of Ger
tain Members Of City
Council
Pasadena Agency,
o1 North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone. Main 1903.

PASADENA, jan 17.--At a meeting
of leading citizens late this afternoon
It was formally decided to invoke the
recall against Mayor waterhouse.
Whether like attempt will be
made to oust any of the
oouncilmen will be determined
within day or two by special COM
mittee Twenty-four prominent men
took part in the discussion, Senator
B. w. Hahn presiding and Justice H.
II. Klamroth acting as secretary.
A resolution was proposed declaring
1t to be the sense Of those assembled
that immediate steps be taken to re-
call Mayor Waterhouse. Nineteen of
those present voted for this resolution
and four against, those opposing the
resolution finding fault only with the
word Immediate" Following the vote
another resolution was presented and
adopted providing for the appointment
of a committee of five which shall in
its turn appoint five men from each of
the city's ten voting precincts, the full
committee of fifty to constitute an ex-
ecutive board to prepare and circulate
the recall petition and to decide
whether or not any Of the present city
councilmen shall be included in the
recall.
The first committee named was then
appointed as follows: DR.. H. r. Mall
aby, Assemblynan John A. Goodrich
j. o. McCament, Editor Lon F. Chaplin
and Attorney w. S. Wright. The mem
bers of this committee are enthusias tic
and determined to let no grass grow
under their feet. They will meet to-
morrow morning at $50 for the purpose
of naming the committee of fifty.
Hot Fight Is Promised
Thus begins the actual campaign
against the present city administra-
ton and it is predicted that before the
matter is finally settled Pasadena will
see some of the warmest politics in her
history. One prominent lawyer re-
marked this evening: "I have
always been against the recall.
II is thoroughly un-American
and hostile to the spirit of our
institutions. The present administra-
tion forced it's insertion into our pres
ent charter and now by the eternal
we'll turn it on them and give them
a dose of their own medicine" There
is no doubt but that there is a feel
ing Of jubilation tonight at the deci-
sion to carry the fight into the en-
emy's camp" and those opposing the
mayor assert that many more than the
required number of names can easily
be secured to the recall petition. Curl
ously enough most of the Original
Waterhouse men" are said to be align
ing themselves against their one time
favorite and will lead in the coming
canvass.
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the administration will remain mac
tive under the threatened assault. but
what will be their course is yet un-
known. Some of them assert that when
the whole affair gets to the polls, if
indeed 1t ever does, for they appear to
doubt that the recall petition can be
secured, the people who so surprised
the leaders at the last municipal cleo
ton by electing Mr.. Waterhouse will
rally to his support.
Fire Fighters Handicapped
Fire Commissioner Medill is deplor-
ing the lack of serious attention to the
recent recommendations of the COM
mission in the matter of additions 10
the fire fighting equipment of the Pas
adena department He states that the
present situation is very serious indeed
and that as soon as the council will per-
NIT the question will be raised again
and pushed by the commission.
1t is proposed to issue $4,000 in bonds
for the equipment of the department
and the commission desires that the
people be given chance to vote on
the issue. Commissioner Mediu saws
that the local fire department is total
ly unable to battle successfully with
any large fire; that the two engines
are back numbers and one of them
worn out; that the fire hose is much
of it old and in quantity totally insult
ficient; that there are too few fire
hydrants and that there must be chem