Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-25
GEORGE LYONS
CANDIDATE FOR
CITY COUNCIL.
OLD NINTH WARDER OUTLINES
HIS PRINCIPLES
WOULD BUILD POWER PLANTS
ON LINE OF AouEDUcT
New Charter, with Initiative and Ref
erendum, and Consolidation of
City and County Are
lndorsed

~ GORGE LYONS, one Of the men il
III the race for council, yesterday is
~ sued a statemnt of the principles
or which he will make his campaign
In the same race are two other candi-
dats with similar names, Henry Lyon
and Harry Lyon.
The latest candidate, Georg Lyons, is
one of the progressive citizens of Los
Angeles, He has set himself squarely
before the public on the main issues
that will come before the legislative
body in the newt two years. He comes
from that section of the city that was
the Ninth ward, that for fifteen years
has sent Councilman Blanchard to the
council. His declaration addressed tc
the voters of Los Angeles is as follows:
In response to a petition signed
by nearly 400 of my fellow citizens
and neighbors,e urging me to become
a candidate for the city council, L
take this means of announcing my
candidacy. In doing SO l wish to
express my sincere appreciation Of
the confidence of those who have
thus hOnored me.
1t will be my purpose if elected a
member of the city's governing body
to represent the citizens of the en-
tire city faithfully and conscien-
tiously. And that there may be no
uncertainty, present or future, re-
garding my position on various
problems of public interest, L wish
at this time briefly to express my
views.
Would Watch Aqueduct
First consider of paramount
importance the conservation of the
electrical power that will be gem
Grated from the Owens river aque-
duct. / therefore pledge myself to
work foB a bond issue sufficient to
erect the necessary power plants
along the aqueduct. | favor the
municipal operation of a distribut-
ing system for light and power de-
rived from the aqueduct project.
The charter amendment providing
that no public property shall be dis
posed of without a tWO-thirdS' vote
of the people is highly important,
and should be preserved if a new
charter is adopted.
Second-I favor new charter to
replace the present. patched one.
but in that new charter none of the
present instruments of direct legis-
lation-the recall. the initiative or
the referendum--should be omitted.
The charter amendment safeguard
ing the river bed likewise should
be retained.
| would also favor an additional
feature of the city charter that
would require every candidate for
municipal office to make affidavit
that he is not the candidate of any
political party This will finally
dispose of the question of holding
partisan conventions prior to the
election i'm defiance of the spirit of
our city charter.
Consolidation Favored
Third favor the consolidation
of city and county.
FOURTH pledge myself to do all'
in my power to carry out the prom
ices of the consolidation committee
relative to the improvements at san
Pedro and Wilmington.
l favor the retention of the pres
ent harbor commission until such
times as the charter shall regularly
provide for such a body.
[ favor the construction OF a mu-
nicipally owned belt line railroad
between the present retail section
and the harbor, utilizing the power
to be derived from the owens river
adueduct In the operation Of such
railroads.
Fifth favor the creation OF an
effective and economical public util-
tiles commissions
Finally, / pledge myself TO a pol
lev of economic administration. To
this end I favor the elimination of
all unnecessary positions, realizing
that while efficiency in public affairs
must be maintained, it is necessary
that most rigid economy be prac-
ticed in order that the tax rate may
be kept at the lowest possible fig
ure during the years that Los An
geles is engaged in the construction
Of the gret aqueduct and the harbor
improvements, both involving heavy