Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-30
SIGNATURES FOR
MAYORS RECALL
NUMBER 5000
COULD EASILY OBTAIN $4,000
NAMES is BELIEF
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE is ELATED
OVER ASSURED SUCCESS
Pro-Harper Adherents Alleged to Be
Continuing to Resort to Misrep-
resentation to Check Tide
Against Them

HIVE thousand signatures of elect
H ors, or more than half the number
1required, will be the record when
the reports representing four and one
kalf days of work by the canvassers
with the recall petitions come in to the
Municipal league campaign committee
rooms this afternoon.
''We ought to keep at it until We have
$1,000 names instead of 8000,' said Judge
John u. Works.
Wen get them if you say so,' said
H. c. Wilmer of the campaign commit
tee. "'They are coming in rapidly. The
names we got are not from the most
favorable to the recall exclusively, but
represent the whole city on an average,
thus making a fair estimate of public
opinion"
The manner in which signatures have
been secured and the total obtained so
far breaks all records in securing names
OF voters to petitions. When the inde-
pendent county ticket was put UP in
1906 nearly three weeks were necessary
to obtain 5000 names, although there
was practically, no opposition to the
ticket.
Members of the Municipal league say
they feel elated over the remarkable
showing and take it as evidence of the
degree to which public feeling is
aroused. The number of names has
made necessary an enlargement of the
office force at campaign headquarters,
which now includes fifteen persons.
Names are being checked rapidly OH
the system established by J. p. Steele,
and when the number of names desired
is secured the greater part of the check
ing also will be finished. In this way
but little delay will be experienced be-
fore the city clerk may have the petit
tions, and the system being carried out
also will make his work of certifying
the petitions to the city council COM
paratively easy.
Misrepresentation Alleged
''The Harper adherents continue a
campaign of misrepresentation said a
member of the league yesterday. "In
todays Times" he continued, "the
statement was published that the Sixth
nounced the recall movement and had
pledged the support of the club men,
bers to Mayor Harper. The Times said:
Secretary Arthur GroSSer yesterday re-
ported the resolutions that had been
adopted by the club
This was news to Mr.. Grosser, who
denied he is secretary of the organiZa
tion. He said he had not even heard of
any meeting of the club. Club mem
bers say no such official action was
taken.
81 saw the article in the Tines said
NJ. M. Davidson, a prominent member
of the club, land that was the first I
had heard of the thing. If any meeting
had been contemplated I am sure I
would have heard of it. 1t is un-
doubtedly fictitious"
''The signatures which will be af-
fixed to petitions in the Sixth ward
will show the sentiment there regarding
Mayor Harper. Four-fifths of the vot-
ers in that ward are in favor of recall
ing him.
The supporters Of Mayor Harper con-
tinue to manifest a glum silence when
approached regarding his campaign.
One or two jubilantly referred yester-
day to the slush fund which the ma
chine is supposed to be ready to con-
tribute in favor of the mayor, but as
heretofore, all the bosom friends"
quickly sidestep any publicity.