Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-21


/ convention is not going on that kind
of a schedule and you may count me
off, From all l hear, there are thou
| sands of other Republicans who cher
ish the old ideals which made the
party and who mingle with that an
| intense love for their CITY, and who
must regret therefore, to see such
treason to the freeholders' charter.
'T wish that l could see the men
handling the party management, who
are undoubtedly men of brains, in
| better business than that indicated by
| the present municipal movement. APP
| parently the only way out is to cut out
wholly party matters in city politics
and to insist that we vote as stock
| Eolders in the municipal corporation
! for a mayor and board of directors
who will run the city as public busi-
ness. When the Republican organlza-
ton is running on that basis, count
me in again. Yours truly,
FLOYD H. TAYLOR,
| "6425 Bonsallo avenue"
| The machine leaders are kept busy
| striking off names and writing out
proxies for delegates who have like
| opinions. The votes will be voted ac-
cordlng to the slate.
Fred f. Wheeler took out his noml-
| nation petitions yesterday, following
| his answer to a committee headed Dy
Lucius c. Dale, who asked nm 10 De
q candidate for election to the council.
| Mr.. Wheeler is the Prohibition Mr..
Wheeler. not the Socialist Mr.. Fred
| Wheeler who is also running for the
| council. despite the horritied protests
| of his Southern Pacific machine sup
porters in the late recall election. inc
| former is Mr.. Fred Freeman Wheeier
| and is prominently known, especially
| in prohibition work
In his letter Of response to the COM
yittee Mr.. Wheeler comes out strong
| for the harbor, the city beautiful ana
| the water project. His letter Is as
| follows:
IL. c. Dale, Chairman, city.
| "AIv Dear Sir: Your very courteous
/ letter requesting my acceptance OF IIle
nomination of councilman at large ana
stating that you already had secuIeu
a sufficient number of signatures 10
netition in my behalf, including some
of the leading business and profession
al men of our city, is received.
ct have given the matter careful con-
sideration and have decided to comply
with your request. l am deeply I'M
pressed with the great responsibilities
that will rest upon the next common
council and the need of the most care
full and intelligent consideration of and
action upon the innumerable questions
that will arise in connection with the
auueduct the harbor, the schools, the
| police, annexation, etc.
II am most heartily in favor of sup
porting the board of public works in
! their herculean task of bringing the
! owens river water to this city l am
equally impressed with the desirabilty
and wisdom of conserving for the peo-
pie as provided in our city charter,
the electric power and energy that can
be secured from the aqueduct and US
| ing or selling it for the benefit OF the
people.
"A recent trip through the outer and
| inner harbor was a revelation to me or
| the wonderful possibilities of building
one OF the finest harbors, equipped
| with the most modern system of
! wharVes, dock, warehouses, end belt
| line railroad connected with the busi-
ness center of our city by good roads
and a municipal transportation sys-
TEN, in order to secure the lowest
| freight rate for our citizens. The ten
millions of dollars which we have unof-
| hcially promised to provide must be
wisely, carefully and economically ex-
pended under the guidance of expert
| advisers.
"Our growing needs in many direc-
tions calling for large expenditures. but
particularly the Idpluly lACIGdSlilS III
| terest account (Which must necessarily
continue to increase until the Owens
| valley water is here and the munich
| pal wharVeS are producing an tncome)
will necessitate the most careful scru-
| tiny of all appropriations and require
! frmness and courage and business
| ability on the part of councilmen to
avoid increasing the tax rate while
providing for all real needs.
"FT'ba moral nO1itip9l and piVir stand
ards of American cities are being
placed higher and higher. The old type
| of political officeholders, like the old
! political machines and methods, no
! longer meet the requirements of the
hour. The citizens of Los Angeles de-
mand that our city be fully abreast
| of the most progressive American cit
les in business methods of adminis-
tration and in planning for the city
| beautiful. We must eliminate graft,
! dispense with unnecessary offices or
employees, combine the city and county
| governments as far as possible, pro-
vide a municipal utilities commission,
| and in every way endeaVor to collect
all that is justly due the city, and then
to give our citizens one hundred cents
worth of value for every dollar of
! taxes collected.
But the greatest and the most i'm
portant of the resources of our city
| Which we must conserve and protect
! is the conservation and protection of
the character and integrity of our boys
and girls. Proud as we are of the ma
| terial growth and prosperity of our
| city and its institutions, and confident
as we are of the wonderful future that
awaits us, we are more determined stil
to make this a city of homes-a clean,
moral city to which we can confidently
| invite our friends to come and bring
their families, without danger from the
innumerable pitfalls that infest the
! average city / shall stand al all times
against those institutions that make
| it easy for boys and girls and men and
women to do wrong and difficult for
| them to do right. l shall stand at all
times for such policies and methods as
will in my judgment reduce their in
| huenee to a minimum and so promote
good citizenship.
In brief, on questions of principle 1
am a radical, but on questions of busi-
ness or policy l am a conservative If
a majority of our fellow citizens desire
| that kind of a councilman l will serve
them to the best of my ability If they
do not, shall hope to be defeated, as
do not care to sacrifice the time.
comfort and vital force that will be
necessary unless 1 can be Of real and
substantial benefit to the city and con-
tribute to its moral and material up.
building. Yours truly,
! "FREDERICK FREEMAN WHEEL
Err"
Candidates for city offices are stating
that they have been indorsed by the
Good Government organization, and the