Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
MACHINE GIVEN
SEVERE REBUNE
LOREN A. HANDLEY DISCUSSES
LOCAL FIGHT
PARTIES, LIKE MEN, ARE KNOWN
BY THEIR WORKS
College Instructor Draws the Deadly
Parallel Between Good Govern
ment and Opposing
Forces

Loren A. Handley who occupies the
chair of Philosophy at Occidental col
lege, and is prominently identified with
the Good Government party in Los An
geles. discussed the local political sit
uation yesterday before the Friday
Morning club.
After a few words concerning the ac-
knowledged failure Of municipal gov
ernment throughout the United states
the speaker gave his attention to the
forces at work in Los Angeles, drawing
a clearly defined line between the ma
chine" and the reform movement pop
ularly known as "the Good Govern
ment party"
Proceeding on the assumption that
"parties," like men. are known by their
works, Professor Handley offered the
records of the two organizations 10
show what each has done for the city
his arraignment of the machine being
in brief the following
Machine Is Arraigned
"The machine has kept salaries low,
so that the strongest and best men,
men who are making success elses
where, do not seek office. The ma
chine has been, and still is, robbing
the city by misappropriation of funds
in the purchase of useless material; IN
giving away valuable fran hises such
as were divulged in the old river bed
scandal; in attacking the pubic
schools-a course possible only 10
traitors and enemies of the city; in
protecting, encouraging and develop
ing in Los Angeles every social eYll
known to man, and doing it, too FOR
personal profit
"The machine has tried to hinder the
growth of Los Angeles by bottling up
the harbor and by endeavoring to
secure control of public enterprises.
"The machine has had the audaeity
to raise the question of a village or
city, Why, il is only in spite OF the
machines efforts to keep Los Angeles
"A village that she has become great
city, and in spite Of all continued ei-
forts to restrain her growth she VIII
soon take her place as one of the great
est Of the worlds municipalities
Seek to Limit Franchise
"The machine has attempted to dis
franchise, on TO limit the franchise OF,
our citizens. Its representatives have
passed laws making ii difficult Tor
Independent citizens to act together, an
instance being the recent effort to dis
franchise more than 1000 voters in tha
primary. Whenever it has been possi-
BILE they have appointed thieves, rob
bers "buins" and eX-COnYictS on our
election boards, seeking to defraud tha
voters and disfranchise them by a
miscount of votes.
Every good law and every good in-
stitution that Los Lngeles has today
she gained after a fight with the ma
chine-surely we will not return L.
power men representing the worst that
our political evstem can develop. some
of the men seeking election at this
time have been parties to the political
evils mentioned above.
The Good Government organiza-
ton, an aggregation of the best citi-
zenship of the municipality arrayed in
rebellion against machine control, is
making a demand for honest and ef-
ficient government. This organization.
by the way, has come TO stay, is so u
speak. on the job and will be here to
be reckoned with by every mayor and
every city council yet to be elected to
serve the people of Los Angeles
Machine Given Battle
"The men who are today al the head
of this Good Government party We're
instrumental in securing for us the