Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-13

sc any man, whether it be George
A. Smith or any other citizen,
takes the Office of mayor for the
purpose of defeating the will of the
people as expressed at the recall cleo
ton, he will dig his political grave so
deep he never will get out" said Judge
John d. Works at the Alexander meet
ing at Normandie hall in the Fifth
ward last night.
You are aware of what occurred be-
fore the city council today" continued
the judge. 1.-The machine was there
Its attorney insisted on the selection of
man for the term expiring next Janu-
ary, regardless of the choice of the peo-
pie at the election this month. That's
what we have to meet. We may have
to meet it in the courts; if that is the
| case, it will be done.
1.-THE first thing to do is to roll up
so big majority for George Alexander
| March 26 that the peoples will will
| stand irresistible. The importance of
this campaign is far removed from dol
| lars and cents, even though the owens
| river project is involved. 1t is the de-
| cency, the reputation of the city, thar
| is at stake. 1t must be remembered
every vote for George Alexander is a
vote for the recall. The papers which
have been fighting this movement do
not care anything for Harper; they
have thrown him overheard and repu-
dated him. Their sole effort was to
defeat the recall"
Judge Works asserted Mr.. Alexander,
in standing as he did to defeat the
wrongful sale of the good roads bonds
saved in that alone more than $250000
for the county.
Mr.. Alexander in. his speech narrat-
ed some recent history in administra-
tion of county affairs and told the audi
ence where he stands on municipal
affairs. Lorin A. Handley made the
principal speech of the evening.
Will Brook No Orders
"ais opponents are saying they are
afraid Uncle George Alexander will
take orders regarding his administra-
tion of the city's affairs" said Mr..
Handley. Imagine a machine news
paper and machine politicians pointing
to man like Alexander and saying
that he takes orders. Walter Parker
doubtless knows, as do all of them,
just what orders they may be able to
give to Mr.. Alexander.
"They have to say something. Did
you ever play checkers and get into a
place where you had to move. and
every move you made you lost a man?
That's the position of the opponents
of the recall. We must not stop now.
We've got them on the run-stay with
the fight until election day and cast
your vote for decent city. This con-
test is as important right now as ever
it was and we must fight it out.
1.-THE papers arrayed against the re-
call seem to be up stump. Their att
titude has not been a creditable one.
A newspaper editor has a semi i-public
position, and if he attains leading
position in the community and pros
titutes that position he should be pros
journalism is bad enough, but black
journalism is worse. / honor the paper
which, having facts affecting the good
of the city, can come out like man
and state them-ready, if necessary,
to defend its stand and statements"
Renewed Enthusiasm Shown
A renewed and greater enthusiasm
than has heretofore been displayed in
the recall campaign seemed to be i'm
spired by the mayors resignation. 1t
was in evidence at the meeting last
night, and particularly at recall head
quarters throughout the day. The re-
call headquarters never has had so
many visitors who came to volunteer
for work. or so much money contrib
uted to the campaign, as was the case
yesterday. A most gratifying number
of volunteers asked for opportunity to
work for the recall in their precincts
and on election day, and, although the
campaign committee has found this in
terest steadily growing, yesterday
broke all records. Numerous calls
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