Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-16
FORMER SUPERVISOR CHOSEN
BY RECALL FORCES
RECENT OPPONENT OF "soLID
THREE" FOR MAYOR
Official Whose Battle for Right Saved
County Thousands Of Dollars Is
Choice of Citizens
Committee
66NHE committee has held a
meeting and has decided

meeting and has decided
= on candidate. He is
George Alexander, and he has
accepted"
In the foregoing statement
made last night, w. D. Stephens,
chairman Of the committee ap-
pointed by Judge John D. Works,
who, as chairman of the citizens
meeting, chose fifteen men to
name candidate to oppose A. c.
Harper in the recall election, an
nounced the choice of Honest
George" Alexander as the stand
ard bearer Of the people.
Members of the committee and
men prominent in the recall
movement received the news with
elatiOn, declaring that in the
choice Of Honest George" Alex
ander the committee had select
ed man whose known integrity,
zeal for the public welfare, op-
position to all forms of graft, and
statewide reputation for his adj
vocacy Of clean government,
would sweep him into office by
an overwhelming majority.
Mr. Stephens last night ex-
pressed himself as highly pleased
with the choice and declared Mr..
Alexander would wis and win so
decisively that the opposition
would be put to rout. MIR. Alex
ander, when asked last night for a
statement, said he preferred to
wait a day or so before making
any formal declaration.
: l. was the general impression
about town last night among
those who had heard the news.
that if Mr.. Alexander had done
nothing else in his entire official
career than defeat the secret
deal" whereby the good roads
bonds were to have been disposed
of for a song, that alone would in
sure his election. But that,
coupled with his years Of service
on behalf of the public, in which
he has stood invariably for good
government - city, county, state
and national was conceded al
most universally as making him
one of the strongest men in the
ci+v to name as candidate at this
time. when the safety of the S25,-
100000 Owens river aqueduct
fund is at stake.
Various Names Discussed
The nominating committee met yes
| terday and after a general discussion
| Of names decided on that Of Mr.. Alex
ander as its choice. After the commit
| tee had reported to Judge works,
| chairman of the citizens meeting
| called to nominate a candidate, the Sc
lection was announced publicly:
! The following men comprised tne
| nominating committee:
| WILLIAM D. STEPHENS.
| HENRY T. LEE.
| H. W. FRANK.
| T. M ELLIOTT.
| r. H NORTON.
| G. NJ. GIFFEN
! w r. BURKE
FARLEY NJ. JOHNSON
| PAUL r. MABURY.
| NATHAN NEWLY.
| NJ F. BETKOUSKL.
! A. M. DUNN
| S. c. GRAHAM.
! HARRY CALENDER.
"I stand responsible for the truth Of
| the facts set forth in the minority
report" said Wesley Clark yesterday.
IF they are not true Mr.. Harper mas
| his remedy against me-"
CgI1 do hn or fOT nj
terday in response to a call from the
mayor for names Of witnesses who
gave testimony before the grand jury
substantiating the minority statement.
| The mayors method of lodging
STRAIGHTFORWARD reply caused consider
able amusement among business men,
| since he is supposed to have retained
two well known lawyers who could
have told him that a member of the
grand jury could not divulge the names
| of any witnesses who appeared before
! that body.
Replies to Harper
| In reference to Mayor Harper's re-
quest Mr. Clark said yesterday:
81 will not be drawn into a news
paper controversy with Mr.. Harper.
Besides, it would require too much
space to answer all of the loose charges
| contained in his last published state
ment
Il will say, however, that have
never had any personal feeling against
Mr.. Harper, and in signing the minority
report my co-signers and myself were
actuated solely by a wish to do that
which we believed to be our duty as
grand jurors.
II will say, further, that when the
mayor demands that we give the names
| of the witnesses who testified to the
facts set forth in the minority report
| he or at least his attorneys, who
doubtless wrote that statement, must
know that a grand juror cannot divulEe
the name of any witness who has tes-
titled to any fact before that body.
''As much as I would like to give the
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