Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24
MASS MEETING
IS ENTHUSIASTIC
EARLEY TICKET is lND0RSED
BY MANY VOTERS
Sound Arguments Are Put Forth by
Speakers, Showing Farley Meth
ods to Be the Best and
Sure Winners
Pasadena Agency.
n North Raymond Avenue.
Phones: Sunset 1907. Home 212i.

PASADENA, March 23.-There were
Farley meeting this evening at Odd
Fellows hall that will require all the
acumen of the Waterhouse element to
answer straight and not hurt their own
cause. The questions were on muni-
cipal electric lighting and municipal
water and it is the opinion of the
majority of residents who attended the
meeting that, should an answer be
given by the Waterhouse faction, the
answer would mean the absolute and
almost unanimous election of Mr..
Farley as the next mayor of Pasadena.
There was a large assemblage Of
Pasadenans occupying the chairs in the
hall when the meeting was called to
order and they kept coming till the
meeting was half over. 1t was esti-
mated that 500 voters heard the argu-
ments and from the Waterhouse stand
point, unanswerable statements put up
| for assimilation and digestion.
| Candidate Thomas Farley came out
with his usual firmness on the side of
municipal water. He stated that he
had watched the efforts of the present
administration to secure mun1c1pal
water and watched it from the stand
many other citizens, holder of water
stock which would be interested in the
deal should the administration not fool
away the chance of purchase.
He had with others felt the disap-
pointment of an ending to the negotia-
tions that would have given Pasadena
municipal water.
Chairman ]. Howard Patton intro
duced Seward A. Simons, who ad-
i A. to- fAII
about administration methods that
pried open a few wool-closed eyes and
set think boxes going on how it all
could have been kept from them so
long. Mr.. SimonS stated that Mr.
Farley had announced himself in favor
of municipal water. He pointed to Mr..
Earley's record and asked for proof
of where Mr.. Farley had in any way
blocked, as a stockholder or citizen,
the effort to obtain municipal owner
ship of the water plants. Mr.. Farley
he said, was also in favor of municipal
lighting and believed in so acquiring
municipal control of both public util-
tiles that the city would be the least
out of pocket in their purchase.
In direct contrast to this was thrown
on the screen for the public gaze the
secret methods of the administration to
conceal the operations of the city's rep
reSenCaLlV0S III IHe WdISI uSol' hO
council proceedings that were smoth-
cred by referring bids, unread, and 9TH
er water matters, also unread in the
open session, to committees who smoth-
cred all publicity.
What the people wanted, said Mr..
Simons, was an administration that
was going to show them what was done
with their money. An administration
that would not work on the q. t. and to
further schemes, Matched out in star
chamber sessions, raise the tax levy to
the limit to amass a special fund; slash
the budget down the line, scrimping
school and Improvement funds to feed
this special protege. y
The address was punctuated by many
hearty bursts of applause, showing that
the argument had struck home and
found an answer in the heart of the
people who make city.
The meeting adjourned with enthusi-
asm and with the assurance that many
votes had been won the peoples cause
and will be cast for the citizens ticket
in the coming election April 1.
Best time to visit Coronado.