Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-06

crooked methods that are sometimes
used by the politicians 1t is George Al
exander. Why? Because he has been
on the job SO many years. He knows
the game, and he has served us we'll
every year that we have had him as
public official.
Il, too, am "A Republican. l never
have been anything else, and never
expect to be anything else. And George
Alexander is a Republican. But the
question of party is left out of this
election altogether, because the voters
of this city, by an overwhelming ma
jority, have said that the city govern
ment shall be carried on irrespective of
party. Now | believe in giving the peo-
pie at the next election a fair and
square opportunity to carry out their
wishes. And l believe that not only
Will their wish be to avoid parties in
| municipal government, but 1t will be
particularly forceful in asking that
George Alexander be the next mayor of
Los Angeles
Rev. j. r. Hill, the prominent negro
Baptist minister, made one of the hits
of the evening with his brilliant and
pointed remarks.
Negroes Benefited
After speaking feelingly of the fact
that many of his race were compel. ed
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they did not come in contact with the
better class of white people, DIR. Hill
said: My friends, this Good GoveIn-
ment movement means a great deal to
the white citizens of Los Angeles, of
course, but l am here as a poor, hum
BILE, law-abiding negro citizen, and
believe that we are getting the greatest
| results out of this good government
movement" Mr.. Hill stated as his
reasons for this that the colored peo-
pie, living as they do mostly in the
poorer sections of the city, are neces-
sarily the first to benefit by the better
ing of conditions in these sections. MI.
Hill made the astonishing statement
that before the present administration.
owing TO conditions among those of
his race, there had been an average
of one murder a week among the ne
groes of this city, and that since the
Alexander regime there had not been
one single murder committed by a ne
gro in this city.
An ovation was accorded the Good
Government candidate for council
Judge John d. Works, who said: Some
people have assumed to look upon it as
a condeseension on my part to become
candidate for city council; but If
the good people of this city shall elect
me / shall esteem Ii a distinguished
honor. No American citizen should
feel himself above the acceptance of
trust that comes from the people of
his country.
Did the Republican party nominate
these men that are pretending to be
candidates of the Republican party?
BY no means. / myself am a Republic
can and 1 absolutely repudiate the
claim that the Republican party nom
mated these men" The judge then
made a strong plea to the intelligent
voters to take partisan politics out Of
municipal elections.
Praises Alexander
1--WE have presented to us by the
Good Government organization can
didates who have been tried and not
found wanting. Standing at their head
| is George Alexander who is example OF
an honest, fearless public officer. l hap
| pen to have some association with Mr..
| Alexander in a way that convinced me
| of the character of the man. At the
| time Mr.. Alexander was a member of
| the board of supervisors an attempt
was made by what we call the solid
three to sell the good roads bonds
| to interested parties who might have
made half a million dollars out of that
sale; and that thing would have been
accomplished If it haq not been for
the sturdy honesty of George Alexander,
who stood manfully for the rights of the
county and insisted that those bonds
| should be sold to the highest bidder
| and not be sold at private sale.
Through the efforts of George Alexan-
der the bonds were sold with a saving
to the county of nearly half a million
dollars.
Have the enemies of George Alex
ander since he has become mayor of
| this city been able to put their finger
upon an act of his that is subject to
Just criticism? (Cries of No.; no.O AS
| has bee said, he has absolutely made
/ good as mayor of the city"
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