Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-27
HERALD WINS IN
IT'S CAMPAIGN
FOR DECENCY
GOOD GOVERNMENT FORCES
TRIUMPH
ALEXANDER HAS BIG MAJORITY
OVER OPPONENTS
Hard work of Advocates for Proper
Municipal Administration Is
Rewarded by Results
of Election

noon by the city council, or he may
wait until Thursday, which is the hrst
of the month. He said last night thaV
he would ask legal advice before max
ing up his mind. as he did not WISH
to complicate the machines hhdl az
tempt to nuliify the election, WhIch
will he through quo warranto proceed
inrs If the leaders do not go back on
their program. 1t is likely that Mr.
Alexander will become mayor Tuesday
Immediately after canvass of the re-
turns.
IT look for withdrawal of horns
by the machine on legal proceedings,
said Guy S. Garner, who has been iol-
lowing the campaign closely. 1hey
are scared. and 1t will not be a good
record in the next campaign to show
that thew failed to accept the result OF
the election. After the oilers of the
machine have slept on this the chances
are they will see a great light.
Instead of keeping up the fight
think they will begin to crawl and en-
deavor to repudiate their support OF
Wheeler, realizing that it will not be
regarded as good form for gang OF
reactionists to be wearing Socialist
button. If they begin quo warranto
proceedings they are forever damned
against denial of their support OF the
Socialists; if they don't stay with their
candluate LOT mayor II VIII NC n In
fession that they are licked-and licked
hard. 1t will be interesting to see
which ditch they drive into
Many Stay at Home
Interesting features of the machine
leaders position in the present hght
were brought out al the polls. Many
well known men felt that their best
course was to stay at home, and
among those who did this were Brad
ner w. Lee. Harrison Gray Otis, A. Z.
Harper E. A. Meserve and Oscar Law
ler The result in the latter's precinct
was significant
Despite the strenuous efforts of the
machine workers in behalf of the So
cialist candidate for mayor. Oscar
LAWYERS precinct, the ffty-tourth
usually regarded by the machine as its
own, went overwhelmingly yesterday
for George Alexander and the recall.
When the vote was finally counted it
uas found that George Alexander had
200 against rs for Wheeler.
The machine always has given spe-
cial attention to the fifty-fourth pre-
cinct, and in recent elections has usual
ly been successful in lining up ma
jority for their candidates. Jake
Howell and Ambrose Armstrong are
familiar figures to nearly all the old
residents of the precinct. These two
seasoned politicians are the men 10
whom the machine has always looked
to deliver" the fiftyfourth.
Both men are typical of the machine
type of politician. Howell, formerly an
aspirant for supervisorial honors, wears
a stiff shirt, high collar and no neck
tie His f1abby features are generally
covered with a generous coating of
short, stubby whiskers, and his crafty
eyes are bleary and shifty. He fought
doggedly for the machine yesterday. on
the election board. and when the final
count of the ballot came he tried in
vain to disqualify a number of votes,
mostly for the recall. But the election
board would not uphold him in his
unreasonable position and the votes
were finally admitted to count.
Ambrose Armstrong is man of
large physique. He has been almost
an omnipresent quantity at the voting
polls at recent elections, where he
usually manages things for the ma
chine. He gave up the fight yester-
day, not appearing at the polls until
after 10 O'clock and contenting himself
with hanging around, growing about
the recallers and abusing George AL
exander. His knowing wink and
nervous gesture were not brought into
use and he wore a detected look.
Oscar Lawler and Byron Erken-
brecher did not put in an appearance.
The machine did not have an autOmo-
bile working in the precinct where 1t
is usually represented by a dozen or
more workers and three or four auto
mobiles on election day. On the con-
trary, there were several volunteer cit
izen workers on hand to see that the
recall received a square deal.