Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-27
ALEXANDER TO
ENFORCE LAWS.
NOT MAKE THEM
IS ON RECORD IN MATTER OF
LIQUOR LICENSES
SAYS HE WILL GIVE THE PEOPLE
WHAT THEY WANT
Harper Forces Cease Their SIander
Agains. Recall Candidate When
They Find 1t Is
Boomerang
G6UHEY are talking about my atti-

6GHl HEY are talking about my attf-
tude on the liquor question,
and trying to make a scare
crow of it, said George Alexander in
a discussion relative to his candidacy
for mayor at the recall election. MY
record on this question as a member of
the board Of supervisors is open and
straightforward and speaks for itself.
I'm regard to the city and my stand
if elected it's mayor, L need only say
that the question of license or no Ii
cense was before the voters of Los
Angeles and they recorded their will III
favor of license. Now, as mayor of the
city, / would be a fool and a law break
er myself if 1 should go beyond that
decision. That stands as the peoples
expressed will, and a mayor who would
override it would be a fool.
MY platform is to enforce the laws
not to make them, and in doing so to
give every business man a square deal
If they can twist that into pernicious
argument on the liquor question, why,
let them do it,
The shifting and lodging that have
characterized the supporters of Mayor
Harper in their arguments in his fa-
vor have apparently settled at last to
q TRADE against a tightly closed
town." The one argument now heard
from the pro-Harper element is that
the recall movement will bring about a
condition as far in the opposite direc-
tion as the Harper administration
tended toward a wide open" condition.
1t was intimated yesterday by a man
who follows the Harper organizations S
plans closely that all attempts to be-
smirch George AleXanders reputation
had been called off until the last week
prior to the election.
SIander Is Boomerang
The effort of this sort in connection
with the purchase of the hall of records
site proved so much of a boomerang
that the Harper advocates were dis
gusted. Just before the election, it was
said yesterday, something of this sort
viii be unloaded, but. the Harper people
are now of the opinion that the less
they stir up George Alexander's record
as member of the board of supervis-
ors the better.
The recall campaign headquarters at
401 Equitable Savings Bank building
will be open every weekday. from 8
o'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock
at night until after the election. SO
many voters who are desirous of en-
listing for the election Of Alexander
find it inconvenient to see the campaign
committee except during the evening
that arrangements have been made to
have members of the committee on
hand for evening work.
The manner in which electors from
all sections of the city are volunteering
to help elect Alexander is most graft
flying to the committee. '"This is nat
urally q peoples campaign said a
member yesterday, "and the most eff
cient work is to be accomplished by
volunteers. We want to get men in
every precinct who. will see to it that
a proper vote is registered, and that
the effect of the recall is indisputably
for a peoples government of the city"
The pace set by Highland Park in
initiating a thorough organization at
once is attracting attention from other
wards. and voters from a number of
precincts have been asking about the
best methods of bringing out the vote
The campaign committee is prepared
to aid all volunteers in this work, and
requests any who wish to help to call
at the headquarters either during the
day or in the evening.