Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08
ALL SCHEMES TO
AID MAYOR fail
toontlnued from par. nns,


evident at all times through DIR. I,ocke's
sermon
At other churches references were
made to the status Of vice in Los Ange-
les, both in sermon and in. prayers
CanVaSSers for the recall movement
were present at many churches, and Sc
cured large number Of SIGNATURES of
voters despite the unfavorable weather
The bosom friends of the mayor
Kept up their record of abandoning one
effort and taking up another ''pro-Har-
! per- scheme by yesterday announcing
the formation of a Boosters club" to
bolster up Mayor Harper, sometimes
referred to by the Los Angeles Times
| as Eddie Morris bosom friend, A. c."
The matter was intrusted with the
official organ of the Harper defense.
but several persons were approached
| with the argument that the Organiza-
t1on was to be on the standard of the
chamber of commerce while nothing
was said of the ulterior purpose to
manufacture sentiment against the re-
call. This resembles the tactics by
winch the committee of 100'' was Sc
lected. A reporter for the Harper
paper went over petitions sent out by
the BUSINESS Mems organization"-its
secretary is very insistent that it be
not known as ''the organization or
the Walter Parker league" for short
and picked out a number of names. and
to these were added enough others to
make an even hundred, which was
finally accomplished after recourse to
the MOTEL keepers, who good naturedly
allowed their names to be used to fill
up. Many Of the men whose names
were placed on this committee were not
asked II this could be done, and had no
idea that it had been taken up.
understand am a. member Of such
1 a. fTn0 NH
| have told me they saw in one Of the
papers, said prominent professional
| man whose name appears in the LIST
| L cid not vote for Mayor Harper:
furthermore, 1 shall not vote for him
# the recall prevails. was not asked
If my name could be used and nothing
| has been said to me about anv such
committee. If any meetings have been
held do not know about them"
Underhanded Methods Used
Similar organization methods are
being used in the imitation of the pro-
posed Boosters club" Names are
taken from the anti-recalI petitions. and
a reporter for the Harper paper in
terviews them. If possible the inter
viewed is drawn out along lines OF
quieting any agitation likely to call at
| tention to the existence of vice in Los
Angeles, although the interviewer has
not so far asked the question 'Ts vice
protected in Los Angeles?''
Not all who are approached take the
bait as faithfully as the promoters of
the plan had hoped The movement is,
in fact, falling about as fiat as that for
letters to a morning paper favoring the
| mayor, which an employe Of the Walter
! Parker league endeavored to secure.
The interviews" as published repre-
sent an industriously expurgated edi-
i ton.
i What's the matter with the cham
Der of commerce for a boosters club ?''
asked one man who was approached.
This looks to me like a slap at Frank
Virgins and what he did to buy and
L boost home products You say the OBJ
ject is to let we'll enough alone, and
not stir up the city so much. Well,
4 Frank Virgins is good enough for me-