Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-15
ASK ALEXANDER
TO ENTER RACE
PRECINCT CLUBS WANT MAYOR
TO BE CANDIDATE
PETITION SIGNED BY MEMBERS
OF CITY CLUB
Branches of Good Government Organ
izaton Desire Citys Executive
to Succeed Himself in
Office

An urgent petition to allow his name
to be presented as a candidate for
mayor to succeed himself was present
ed to Mayor Alexander yesterday The
petition was in the form of a resolu-
tion and preamble adopted by the four
teenth, sixteenth, seventeenth. eight
eenth and twenty-flrst precinct clubs
of the good government organization
at a joint meeting held Friday night.
In addition to this resolution a petit
ton was circulated at the City club
yesterday asking Mayor Alexander to
become a candidate for the Office and
was signed largely. The mayor has
not announced what action he will
take but promised the presentation
committee of the good government pre-
cinct clubs that he would give them an
answer in a few days.
The preamble and resolution pre-
sented to the mayor yesterday was as
follows:
Mayor Is Lauded
1.-The manly resistance made by
George Alexander against all forms of
/ financial corruption, while serving as
supervisor, brought on him the wrath
another term. The people approved
his course by an Independent re-elec-
ton.
Again he proved his public worth
| by saving the taxpayers enormous
sums of money, aggregating nearly
| half a million of dollars
"Honored with the peoples choice as
mayor in the short period of four
months he has made himself thorough
l4T fa la WI a
removed many official 'barnacles' and
| parasites put down much graft, re-
sisted monopolistiC encroachments,
compelled the fulhllment of contracts
on the part of the public utility cor
poratons with the city. has been wise
in his appointment of honest and capa-
Bile men to office, has guarded the in
terests of the taxpayers, cared for the
welfare of both labor and capital, has
brilliantly represented the city as its
first citizen socially and has reflected
honor on himself and his constituents.
"He was one of the most active and
efficient promoters of the Wilmington
San Pedro consolidation.
He has caused the police to enforce
ordinances.
"He takes orders from no man or set
of men,
HE is not allied with any corpora
ton seeking or holding monopolies.
Ability Proved
"His service as supervisor and mayor
show that he is worthy of perfect pub
lie confidence and prove beyond a doubt
his integrity and ability to continue to
lead and represent the people of
Greater Los Angeles in their ever-on-
ward march of development, in the
bringing of the waters of Owens river
within the city limits, in the building
of it's free harbors and the creation OF
its world commerce.
Resolved by the members of the
fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth,
eighteenth and twenty-1rst precinct
clubs of the good government organ
ization of the city of Los Angeles, in
mass meeting, that George Alexander
is earnestly requested to allow circula-
ton of petitions for his nomination as
mayor of the city of Los Angeles"
The committee on presentation was
composed as follows:
Will D. Gould, chairman, precinct
fourteen.
H. G. Grimwood. secretary, precinct
eighteen.
e. I. Bryant, precinct sixteen.
Charles T. Fenner, precinct seven
teen.
B. A. Stephens, precinct eighteen.
S. A. Waldron, precinct twenty-one.