Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-25
FILE PETITIONS
THAT ALEXANDER
BE NOMINATED
SIGNATURES MAY BE FULLY
VERIFIED TOMORROW
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE PREPARING
FOR IMMEDIATE WAR
Those Who Have Known Him for
Years Bear Eloquent Testimony
to Candidates Sterling
Qualities

nETITIONS for the nomination Of
George Alexander as 1.-The recall
campaign" candidate for mayor
were filed with City Clerk Lelande at
4:3O o'clock yesterday afternoon. AS
the names are arranged according to
precincts the city clerk expects to have
verification by tomorrow afternoon Of
the number necessary to insure the
nomination. His deputies will begin
this morning and continue until they
check about 14OO signatures.
When the time came for filing the
petitions the Municipal leagues CAM
paign committee had sorted by pre-
cincts 1859 sheets, and this number was
bound up and filed at the city hall.
Everything possible has been done to
systematic the work of the city clerks
force in verifying the names of signers.
Little difficulty was encountered in
securing petitions for the nomination Of
Mr.. Alexander. Although quite num-
Der Of verif1cation deputies were ap-
pointed, the greater part of the work
was done Dy few. In the two or
three days allowed for this work
Charles Avery secured 218 names, Frank
nell 147 names, Eugene r. FernholtZ 1872
names, Franklin Miller 131 names, AL
bert H. Merrick, PA names, Edward
Piper 125 names, Frederick Parker 135
names and James F. Richards 161
names. Altogether these nine men Sc
cured a total OF 1876 names.
To Know Is to Esteem
P. w. Holler,. who was elected presi-
cent of the first George Alexander club
organized for the campaign, has known
Mr.. Alexander more than twenty years
and worked for him nearly two decades
ago in his feed store. THE longer you
know Mr.. Alexander the more you
esteem him." says Mr.. Holler. mo one
who knows him has the least fear as to
the kind of mayor he will make
Another friend of the recall candi-
date is A. E. Davis, a former member
of the board of supervisors of Los Az
geles county, who is himself known TO
older citizens as an old public servant
who served the county faithfully. Mr..
Davis is in Palm Springs to recover his
health, but he is following the recall
campaign with close interest. -
Il believe it to be my duty, in COM
mon with all men invested with the
duty of citizenship he says in a letter
to The Herald, ito commend or cor
denim, as we may see the right, those
active in great public battles. 1 am
out here on the desert for health i'm
provement, and can only look on at the
conflict for civic improvement as shown
me through the leading public journals
that we get out here.
Truth Above Friendship
81 am sorry for the occasion of the
recall of the mayor, whom I have
known and esteemed from his teens,
but the facts. as revealed by the mem
bers of the grand jury and the expose
made through your investigation, makes
the sad truth clear that the public
good demands that a stop be put to
this shameful administration that
seems to be intent on protecting vice.
Il know it must be an unpleasant
duty to you, therefore I commend you
for your vigorous fight, as the mayor is
a member of your own party.
'I hope the result of this move will
be an everlasting benefit to our city in
showing that the people rule and WILL
have faithful Service from it's servants.
Alexander will make good"
The Municipal league is fast getting
the campaign into shape for active
work from the time of the official NOM
ination of George Alexander to the day
of his election, March 26. The executive
committee held an extended session
Yesterday afternoon TO consider the de-
tails OF the work. Meyer Lissner has
been selected 70 manage the campaign,
but the names of the committee who
will assist him were not announced
yesterday. They will be selected this
week, and the campaign will be opened
formally with headquarters in rooms
4O1 and 402 Equitable Savings Bank
building, where j. P. Steele has been
the work of securing recall
Socialists Will Keep On
The Socialists intend to participate
in the recall in spite of legal obstacles
in their way. If the city attorneys
office holds that their method of certi-
flying Mr.. Wheeler's name as their
choice for mayor is not the legal one
they will take the matter into court. A
r. Holston, their attorney, is prepared
to begin proceedings at once in the
event of a decision against them.
If the court holds adversely the So
cialists will then endeavOr to get out
as large a vote as possible for their
and each man voting for him
will write his name on the ballot, in
effect nominating him as a candidate
by voting for him.