Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-01
FOREIGN VOTE
CANNOT BE SO
EASILY DUPED
CHARGE OF ARISTocRAcY IS
TOO PREP0STER0US
punLlc,s INTERESTS MUST BE
IN RELIABLE HANDS
Alexauder,s Record Shows He Never
VIII Attempt TO "sew Up" Owens
River Electric Power
Possibilities
<krF ANY foreign-born voter pc .

- -.
iieves that Dominguez ruppis"
Il about establishing an ariseo-
...,c form of government in Los An
gales all he will need is q gooo iooM
a. George Alexander" said business
ran who read in yesterdays Heraiu
-. arorments made by Harper sup
,,orters In the Eighth ward. Nv nat
Don,nruez says shows how utterly
,a~d nm the Harper supporters are tor
,,,oa NJ an argument. He may
snsst that ne has the foreign vote III
,'ss rocalrt to be delivered for Harper
us ~ election. but / think the Soee
a. a. E,iphth ward will surprise MN
rShenthe recall comes to the teS.. ,a
1T tnoU several men whom shouia
l,Le fhe privilege of asking II 80 80
real,y believe that George AieAan Id of
..snyd as a member of the poaru y.
.s,,a,,vssors drives them to the thousn.
sSa$ he wants to overthrow our Ior,i ii
Of government. There Is JonI ZuSuV a.,
70 70 nc italian representation in Los An
-a,es for instance. Does ne SWAMI"
such cuff? There are otners WIZ ss,
he supporting Harper, put tney a,sa,,
save more rational arguments tnail t
ns.s,,,g,,ez mas trotted out or they
are insulting their mother country. !.
..rhe trouble is that Alexander ~
.,,.t what the recall movement staiiuS
for--an open and absoluteiy aoos
,soard nrotest against misuse OF gov
ernrnental power. There are no naws 4.
In Alexander's record. hence lneIg
no rational argument IN iaVol VI Al.
~, ~ There is no doubt as to what Al
e~ander will do as mayor in protectins
.i,a ,,;tv,s interests. and especially tue
0wans river project. There rs IiIuci,
So,,ht as TO whether Harper Will anori
fhe city any protection at an. I a.
question suuarely is whether OF ~.
the citizens want a Harpe-' WIZ i.s 80
not been a soufce of pride so iar, 10
ron,ain a doubtful power, or an Alex
ander who has proved already that ne
rsili safeguard the peoples interests
inseyery way
Harper Proud of Kern
.t5arner has attempted TO brave the
;ssre ont by stating that he IS prouu
~ Kern. he has virtually lndorseu
I-arn,s record on the river ped lrdii-
eoiee Isn't that a sufficient indlcatlor
: What might be done with the owens
river electric power, one OF tne
nendous propositions which VIII go -
make Los Angeles the greales' Wy
on the Pacific coast?
1--WE must not allow any trlnlns
in this matter-the Owens river . STATUS
before us as $50 miles OF the piesesS
nrohlem before any city III the Onlleo
States Are we to turn II over 10 q
set of schemers who will raise the COST
iron, s2s 900. 900 to $60.000,0OO, despite
tho worls of the engineers who are
nroving their ability to keep pefoW
cost estimates? Are we going 10 let
nvivafe interests control electric power
rreat enough to induce manufacturers
to locate large industries in Los An
peles through the lowest charge PEI
kilowatt obtainable in the ollileu
States-the only thing in the immeoiate
future sufficient to set against the par-
rier of freight rates?
ssThe real issue involved in this re-
cau is an overwhelmingly importahI
one. We cannot allow the slightest
auspicion to attach to the administra-
tion of the aqueduct bureau. mayor
Harper's friends do not ana cannot
assert that his conduct has been suca
asT to place him above suspicion as 10
the hoard of public works. In spite OF
Tho strongest kind of a protest from
reputable men expressed in an unmls-
taxable manner he has detied the pest
sentiment of the city in that regard:
Who can say he Sill not do II again IL
not taken off the job?
Bosom Friends Boast
sT.et rs not forget the admission of
his bosom friend, Eddie Norris re-
garding the electric power IRON tne
owens river water that we have that
little thing all sewed up No one would
dare to insinuate that any friend OF
George Alexander could make any such
assertion. And the backbone of the
recall movement is that the people in
sist that no one shall even be allowed
10 linger around in the hope that he
can ever sew up any city enterprise.
"There never has been any suspicion
of this sort connected with George AL
exander's public service, and there
never will be following his election as
mayor"
A recall meeting will be held tonight
g the Bethesda Presbyterian church.
,Ioma and Clanton streets, at which
Prof Lorin A. Handley will be the
speaker.
Members of the Highland Park AL
exander club will meet at the office
f'the Highland Park Herald, 5711 Pas
dena avenue, tomorrow night to per-
ct the block -to-block method of CAM
raigning .-leir precincts.