Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-24
PROTECTION IS
RECALL KEYNOTE
ALEXANDER CAMPAIGN OPENS
ENTHUSIASTICALLY
HIGHLAND PARK ASSURES HON.
EST GEORGE OF SUPPORT
Marshall Stimson Presents Emphatic
Arguments Against Continuance
of Harper's Administration.
Socialists Hit Snag
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| record as councilman is surely at vari-
ance with that principle. He voted,
not once only, but again, to give away
| the river bed, d million dollar fran
! chise and fundamentally of immense
| Importance to the city. A man who
would vote to give away that valuable
franchise would not hesitate to vote
away the electric power and other
privileges so infinitely great connected
with the Owens river project.
/ Mayor Harper wanted to appoint
Kern on the board of public works at
the first opportunity, but he dared not.
He had to do so finally because of a
trade in the last days Of the election
by which Parker let Harper in, and
through this trade Kern was to go on
| the board of public works. A vote
against the recall is a rote ratifying the
trade made by Walter Parker, it is a
ratification of Parker's hold on this
city.
Parker has been active in organizing
a series of stock companies. No one
can deny that stock in these companies
has been sold to persons whose busi-
nesses were under the control of the
mayors police commissioners. The sale
of those stocks may not have profited
the mayor, but it was profit for some
body. Taking the most charitable view
possible, Mayor Harper has been used
by his friends
Nov, if the mayor has been unable
to cope with these men who have
worked so coarsely, how much less will
he be able to cope with the astute men
who will come along when the Owens
river project and its electric power are
available? He will be a mere babe in
their hands. His only friends in their
! excuses say that he has allowed himself
to be used. Well, that's enough for me.
He will be used again, and he ought
to be recalled; it's not a moment too
soon.
Better to Throttle Evil
And some of his friends say he ought
to be allowed to blunder along because
| he has comparatively a short time to
end out his term. If a bungling or
dangerous man is in he should be got
ten out even if he should have but one
month more to serve. If we have bad
| conditions the quicker we grasp with
| and throttle them the better for the
community.
Now, as to the recall candidate, we
have man who can stand right up on
his record, on what he has DONE Let
each man in this campaign stand on
MS own record. Compare them and
ask yourself what is to be expected.
They say that a certain group of
men is going to run Mr.. Alexander.
Anybody who knows him at all will not
say for a minute that he will let any
body run him, and that's the kind of
man we want"
Prof. Lorin A. Handley spoke in the
same vein, urging men who respected
their citizenship to vote March 26 for
the recall candidate. He called atten-
ton to the launching of a campaign
for principle just at the time of the eel
eDrat1on of LincolnS centenary and
Washington's birthday. 1T is a time
for principles which marked the estab-
lishment of this country he said. 'I
have no patience with the man who
says you have got to have so much
license in a city. The laws can be en-
forced, and fairly so to all men. We
want the man who will stand for a
square deal"
A permanent organization of the
Highland Park George Alexander club
was formed by the election of P. w.
Holler as president; G.. w. E. Griffith,
who presided at last nights meeting.
! vice president, and NJ. G. Yoakum, sec
retary and treasurer. A vice presi-
dent for every block in the two pre-
cincts will be appointed to get out the
| vote. GarvanZa citizens present asked
the privilege of organizing a separate
Alexander club for precinct L, and they
will have their final meeting at Miller S
hall, Garvanza, March 9. Another club
| VII NC lO1 1lCO OIl DOWIICy AVENUE rep
| resenting that section of the ward.
AS the meeting broke up an old SOL
dier in the audience said: Don't you
worry, Comrade Alexander. You're as
sure of being elected mayor as you
are of going to heaven, and your past
| record speaks for that
Solicitors Called In
1t was decided to call in all solicitors
Tor signatures on the nomination Pc
! tltlonS yesterday, as so many sigma
lures had been secured that today's
campaign was considered unnecessary.
More than 1000 petitions are ready for
filing with the city clerk, and if the
| campaign had been kept up today the
5000 mark would have been passed
| The men in charge of securing sig
natures were kept busy yesterday, and
| in addition men were calling at the
! leagues campaign headquarters at 401
Equitable Bank building to secure the
privilege Of aiding in placing George
Alexander'S name on the ballot as the
| candidate of "the recall campaign" as
! it will be designated. Solicitors gem
orally reported the same predominating
| interest in favor of the recall that was
| evident in circulating petitions to in
woke the election. A. n. Smith, veri-
| fication officer, who was stationed at
! Highland Park and Garvanza, said
that more than 75 per cent of the vot-
| ers in that section appear to be for
| Alexander, and this is corrObOrated by
members of the George Alexander club
of those precincts.
The executive committee of the Mu-
nicipal league will meet today to finish
outlining campaign work, which will be
taken up vigorously following the filing
of the nomination petitions with City
| Clerk Lelande today
! The petition for the nomination of
Fred r. Wheeler the Socialist candi-
date for mayor on the recall ticket,
was filed with the city clerk, but a le-
! gal snag has been struck. The petit
| tion was referred to Assistant City At
| torney Wilson, but he shook his head
dubiously, and it is probable he will
| refuse to accept the petition.
The city charter provides that to
| place party candidate on the ticket
| in due and regular form the party con-
vention must be held six weeks before
election and the candidate nominated
by the convention. This rule does not
hold where a candidate is nominated
| by petition, as in the case of Alexan-
der, where the petition for his nominal
ton is to be ratified by the signatures
of at least 3 per cent of the voters.
This is one place where the state
primary law conflicts with the recall
amendment, and the city attorney
holds the charter in a local election is
superior to the state law.
Knows Better Now
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