Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
MANHOOD OF
CITY COMING
INTO ITS OWN
GOOD GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN
NEARS CLOSE
ELECTORS HEAR THE CALL TO
DUTY AT RALLY
Startling Assertions Are Backed Up
by Proof, and the Issues of the
Contest Are Thoroughly
Considered

"Will you vote for George \. Smith
for mayor, a man who is against the
city?" asked Lee c. Gates Of the great
audience assembled in the interest of
good government in Symphony hall sat
urdav night, and whose interest in
what the speakers said was so intense
that they would not leave until MD
night.
Mr.. Gates not only made the asser-
ton, but he backed it with some start
ling proof presented to his fellow
goo-goos" as he addressed his audi
ence.
"Three years ago tonight I stepped
on platform" said Mr.. Gates, and l
thought for the first time Of the reaping
of the results YOU people will reap next
Tuesday night, because in that cam
paign we were fighting for the political
freedom of Los Angeles. ! am here
tC light to speak the final words IN that
campaign, and. referring to the words
of the gentleman from Indiana. ! Wlsh
to call your attention to the tact that
also spent my youth in the state or
Indiana; and although, unlike him, l
am a Republican. it was party that
was beaten more often than the Demo-
Gratis in the state Of Indiana.
Men VINO allSu III DuNJ
st wish to ask you as Republicans of
this audience; / wish to ask you, who Is
leading the so-called Republican party
in this campaign? It was the man and
men who swerved i'm the path of duty,
the men who defeated DIR. Walter Lind
ley in that campaign. 1 am speaking
to you tonight and want to ask you
the question as Republicans Mr.. Car
ter spoke to the Democrats about when
he asked them to do their duty. In THIS
respect I want to say at that time,
when the question was whether the
good government or rather the non
p@rtisan forces should be elected: i'm
order to defeat the Republican, both
the Republican and nOn-partisln par
ties, the men who served the sO-called
Republican party tonight proved trail
tors in that campaign.
IN this campaign, Los Angeles gen
tlemen. the manhood of Los Angeles
is coming into its own: the manhood
of Los Angeles is asserting its inde-
pendence and viii have it's freedom;
freedom that it has never had before,
because the two machines-nO, there is
only one machine and that machine
has had the power in the past cam
paigns TO divide the voters into three
factions and get the ones that il want
ed defeated, for that power is gone,
EOilt ny I'bSDl ol tli' Alll GU ~ iii4tlI =
law: gone by reason of the law which
says, he that is not for good gov
ernment must stand against 1t and,
for the first time in the history of the
city, we will know. once and for all,
that the city of Los Angeles stands
for the best government that can be
given any city in the world
Alexander or Parker
"Iadies and gentlemen. ! listened
TO the speech that was made here to-
night by one Of the coming orators: !
listened to such "a man who has been
reviled, vilified. followed 10 the doors
of his home and whose very life has
been threatened. I listened to a man
who is fighting the BATTLE for decency
in this battle, ! mean Tom Woolwine.
and when the history Of Los An~alos
is written; when the history Of the rise
of the manhood of Los Angeles shall
be finally written there will be two
names that viii stand out higher and
above all others and they are Tom
Woolwine and Harry Lelande. Let m"
say this to you, this campaign has
but one issue, shall George AlcXandcr
be mayor or shall Walter Parker Yes.
Walter Parker? Now, l am not draw
ing on my imagination. No, Mr.. Wool
wine has read to You an affidavit that
sets forth the fact that Walter Parker
offered Harry Lelande a bride to buy
the river bed franchise. ] had an eX-
perience myself about three years ago.
7 think il was about that, ! might as
well be exact I remember it very we'll
and feel that / must tell YOU because
It is my duty to tell you; to say what
l thought never would be said, because
it must be said to make clear the pres
ent situation i'm the light of the af-
fidavit and disclosure of matters by
Mr. WoolWinc.
"About two waeke after the cam
paign of three years ago at Third
and Spring streets, in this city, Mr.
Smith overlook me- laid his hand on
my shoulder and said, We'll, We fixed
him. and / said. who" and he said,
Walter Lindlcy'
CIinches Situation
"He said when 7 loft tp go to the
mine and he left 10 60 to Ohio 20 bring
his wife we Wore to determine who
was to be the candidate. who. ] said.
was to determine. 'Walter Parker
he said, and before I returned he had
gotten into the campaign. He had
inaugurated campaign with his head
quarters i'm the Honcnbecll hotel and
before l returned he had the situation
clinched. He said Wa fixed him after
ward. I am relating to You the actual
conversation. What is The Significance
Of that statement? IT. means he was
allied at thar time with Walter Parker
the political boss of the state Of call [
ifornia. If that was all you probably T
would not much care, but it does
amount to something after what / ann
going to say to You now
"a few days before TIL. Republican .
convention convened Mr SmIth -uu.
more than an hour i'm my office. and
in the course Of the conversation asked
me to vote for him and second his
nomination, and 1 said 'Why.' TIa
said, I went TO Walter and asked nim
who would put me in nominations. and .
he said, Get George Black To nom
mate you and get Lee Gates tu SECOND
the nomination" 1 want You .o m-
derstand that while they were hand i'm f.
glove in 1909, that George smith is atiu
pursuing Walter Parker for aGr.ce .
and consultation and taking his orders
as he did then. And i'm the light of
the affidavit Mr.. WoolWinc produced
here tonight the question is, DO YOU
want to elect a man for mayor who
undertook to bribe your city clerk and
who undertook to steal the river bed
franchise?
Battling for His City
"Now, I haven't any desire to say
this. but the situation and my duty TO
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