Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-21
NEW STATE" IS
RALLYlNG CRY
CONVENTION is CALLED FOR
OCTOBER 5
RESOLUTIONS FAVoRING STEP
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY
Citizens Present at Gathering Called
by the Realty Board Will Work
Against San Francisco
Harbor Bonds

The overwhelming sentiment in
favor of a new state, South Calltor-
MA" which pervaded the mass meet
ing called by the realty board to pro-
test against the action of the state
board of equalization in raising to tre-
mendous heights the appraisement on
the property of the southern counties,
has spread all over the city and is
general topic of conversation in the
clubs, the hotels, on the streets and
in the homes of residents of Los
Angeles.
The mass meeting, called for the
purpose of taking some definite action
toward voicing the protest of taxpay-
ers of this city, crystallized senti-
ment which has loSeg been growing in
favor of the division of the state,
which has many things, other than the
domination of a ring of northern poll
ticians, in its favor.
Prominent business men clamored for
recognition from the presiding officer
in order to voice the sentiment, and
the meeting concluded its work by
passing a resolution in favor of divis-
ion and another one which created the
machinery to put the movement into
effect. This was accomplished by ap-
pointing a committee of eleven mem
bers. which was instructed to call a
convention composed Of ten members
each from various civic. commercial
and social organizations for the dis
cussion of the matter. If this meeting
proves to be of the same mind as the
mass meeting of Monday, september
13. an active plan of campaign will be
undertaken to secure the cooperation
of the thirteen or fourteen other coun-
ties which the new state of South
California" seeks to take into its fold.
Resolution Is Adopted
Just to show the corrupt ring of the
north that Los Angeles and the south
part of the state is able and ready to
fight back, the mass meeting, without
a dissenting voice. adopted a resOlu-
ton to oppose any issue of bonds for
the improvement of the harbor of San
Francisco at the expense of this heav-
lily taxed portion Of the state.
Two organiza tions, the City club and
the Good Government league of the
179th precinct have taken up the ques-
ton of state division. The former list
ened to a lengthy speech by Former
State Senator Robert n. Bulla, favor
oring the creation of a new state and
telling how it can be accomplished.
The last named organization adopted
resolutions declaring that the time has
now come for division.
The committee of eleven appointed
by the mass meeting in Symphony hail
met yesterday and issued the following
call:
Call is Issued
To the Los Angeles Realty board,
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce,
Merchants and Manufacturers as
sociation, Municipal league, Los
Angeles City club, South Califor-
mia State league, Los Angeles Credit
Men and the Los Angeles Jobbers
association:
Gentlemen: At a mass meeting Of
citizens held in Symphony hall on
the 18th instant, the following
named persons We're appointed a
committee to call a convention
composed of ten delegates from
each of the organizations above
named and this committee VIII D.
Gould, ]. H. Braly, T. e. Gibbon,
J. NJ. Quinn, H. Jevne, D. A. Ham
burger, G. ]. Lang, S. G. Marshutz,
Richmond Plant, A. E. Pomeroy
and A. j. Wallace.
The committee has fixed the time
and place of the convention at
o'clock Tuesday evening, October
5, 1909 in the Assembly hall, third
floor, Chamber of Commerce build
ing, and each of the foregoing
named bodies is requested to elect
ten delegates.
The purpose of the convention is
to consider the advisability Of i'm
mediately taking the necessary
steps to consummate the forma-
ton of the state of South California.
By order of the committee.
A. ]. WALLACE,
Chairman.
BASCOM A. STEPHENS,
SaprptarV