Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
Chief Issues of Campaign
Clearly Drawn
WILL PEOPLE STAND FOR
RAILROAD COLLAR?
CONNECTION WITH WALTER
PARKER PROVED BY FACTS
Work Done in Council Chamber and
Rackers in Campaign Point to
Southern Pacific with
Firm Hand

MARSHALL sTIMsON set forth
MI clearly the issues of the present
4L campaign yesterday afternoon
before the members Of the Good Gov
ernment club of the Twenty-first pre-
cinct, The club has a large and ac-
tive membership among the JeWlsh
residents and property owners in the
Second ward. The following are some
of the main points of his speech:
"The real issue in this campaign is,
Shall the people of Los Angeles turn
over to the corporations and the South
ern Pacific railroad, whose political
agent Is Walter Parker. the control OF
the Owens river power and the harbor
to be built at San Pedro and Will
mington?
"The workingman, the man who
owns his own home, is deeply inter
ested in this struggle to keep the
greedy corporations from grabbing
these two great works for which we
have fought so long and gone so deep
ly in debt.
Has Vital Meaning
bringing the owens river electric
power into Los Angeles by the city
means competition that will cut our
present electric light bills more than
in half. 1t means that great factories
VIII SDTlnR HuDs use tllC NtlCeiP BoH1i1 >
and they will give employment TO
thousands of men. The building of a
free harbor will provide work for
thousands and will lower the cost of
the necessities of life by cutting down
freight rates.
"The great electric companies don't
want men on the board of public works
or water commission who will bring
this power to the city. The Southern
Pacific doesn't want harbor commits
sion that they can't control. They
look to Walter Parker to see that men
are elected who will be under their
control.
"Walter Parker is today secretly
conducting George Smiths campaign.
locked in a room, telephoning his or
ders.
"I make the statement that George
Smith will be absolutely controlled by
Walter Parker. l want to make it
loud enough for every voter of Los
Angeles to hear. l am going to prove
it by the facts from Smiths past
record.
Some Cold Facts
"Smith pushed the contract for the
purchase of voting machines through
the council over Mayor McAleer's veto
Parker was a stockholder of the
voting machine company.
"Smlth hurried back from Goldfleld
and forced the council to revoke a
franchise in the alley east Of Santa Fe
avenue, granted to the Santa Fe rail-
road. and give it to the Salt Lake
railroad.
Parker was also political agent for
the Salt Lake railroad.
Smith helped to take away the
Jackson street franchise from the
Santa Fe railroad over the protests of
the property owners and give it to
Parker's clients, the Southern Pacific
railroad.
Smith over Mayor McAleer's veto
voted to give Walter Parker's client,
the Southern Pacific railroad, part of
Fifth street that belonged to the peo-
pie of the city.
"Then Smith not only knitted the
candidate of his party, Dr. Lindley, in
the municipal election of 1906, but con-
tributed to Harper's campaign fund.
walter Parker, in the same CAM
paign. betrayed the Republican party
and helped elect Harper.
"Then, after Harper had resigned
Parker planned to have the council
appoint Smith mayor.
I'VE have Harper's own words, in
his interview in the Examiner. Harper
says: Mr.. Parker has not told me
the name of the man he had picked as
my successor. Probably the man was
Mr.. Smith
Linked with Kern
Speaking Of Harper calls to mind
the famous letter of 100 business men,
in which they lauded Mayor Harper
and vouched for the statement that
Kern was a proper man to be intrust-
ed with the management of our city's
affairs on the board of public works.
We find further proof of Smiths con-
nection with Parker here. At the So
| On Cd ha ~ do ~
night the following men urged the
election of Smith, and every one signed
the letter of 100 business men.
civilian M. Garland, his name, by
the way headed the list for Harper, a
Democrat. Mr.. Garland now says: {:
we now need a Republican at the
helm and we shall have one q don't
blame him, and l agree with him, only
We'll have a better Republican than
Smith, George Alexander)
"Isadore Dockweiler, H. Lee Clot-
worthy and Byron Erkenbrecher were
other speakers.
"Don McGarvin, one of Parker's lieu
tenants, was Harpers attorney and is
now one Of the managers of Smiths
campaign.
Herbert Cornish was Harper's cam
paign manager and is now prominent
among Smiths supporters.
Merely Telling Facts
"I am attacking no man. All have
a right to do what they have done. l
am simply trying to review a series of
facts that every voter ought to con-
slider before he thinks of putting
George Smith in the mayors chair 1
know that there is not an honest man
in this city who wishes to see Los An
geles grow and prosper who wants
Walter Parker to control Owens river
or San Pedro harbor.
"If these facts show Mr.. Smith in
an unpleasant light, I am sorry for
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