Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-11
RECALL FORCES
PLAN MEET ING
FOR ALEXANDER
DOWNTOWN DISTRICT TO BE
INVADED
LEE AND McNUTT TO SPEAK
WITH NOMINEE
al Am Just Warming Up to This
Campaign" Declares Choice OF
Good Government Element
for Mayor

TuDGING from the interest shown
nv persons who are asking about
- the details of the Alexander meet
,ng at blanchard hall Saturday even
inS n will be another case of a hail
not large enough to seat the audlence'
n will be the first meeting in the Dusl-
ness section of the city since the cam
paign was begun, and this fact adds 10
the interest. c, II
George Alexander, Judge cyrus .;
McNutt and Major Henry L. Lee VIII
he the speakers, and the names are a
guarantees of an earnest and forclpie
presentation of the principle OF the re-
call movement and the reasons why
George Alexander should take the pace
of Mayor Harper
'I am Just warming up TO tnls cam
through with it," said Mr.. Alexander:
IT can stand two meetings a night ana
can speak six nights in the week IL tne
committee makes plans of that klnd.
Judge McNutt and Major Lee are
among the most respected c1tizens OF
Los Angeles and are representative OF
the citizenship advocating tne recali'
Tbev will discuss particularly the ques-
tion of a square deaP' for Los Angeles
and the future Importance of the sue
cess of the recall movement IN mann
tanning decent city government for
years to come.
Another Alexander Meeting
Another Alexander meeting will be
held tonight at Masonic hall, Thirty-
third and Main streets, at which George
Alexander and Thomas Lee WoolWlne
will speak. Mr. Woolwine Will make
some remarkable disclosures regarding
the interest taken by city officials IN
the maintenance of a 'redlight dis
trict" nm to the time the matter was
taken to the grand jury by Mr.. Wool
Mr Alexander will speak Saturday
night at a meeting of Alexander club
No. 1903 at Hokom hall. 4316 Moneta
avenue, Major w. r. Burke Will also
address the meeting, at which L. j.;
Donnelly, president of the club, viii
he chairman. other officers of the club
who with Mr.. Donnelly were elected at
a meeting held last night are as fol-
lows: L. D. Underhill, first vice presi-
dent; II. ". Harris. second vice presi-
dent; l.. w. Roberts. third, vice presi-
dent, and C. II. Mcdonald, secretary
and treasurer. ,,.,
to voters in neighboring precincts and
is distributing circulars throughout
that section calling attention TO the
meeting.
Mayor Harper's friends and oppo-
nents alike made the resignation OF
Edward Kern from the board of public
works a leading topic of conversation
Yesterday. Practically all were OF the
opinion that 1t was last attempt or
the mayor to rally few votes. In the
eyes of both his supporters and oppo-
nents the move weakened his position:
SIT will cost Harper $500 votes.
Councilman Henry Lyon is reported 70
have said, and he seemed to be in doubt
as to ,Harper's chance Of carrying the
Seventh ward.
In it's extremity to make some defense
for the mayor the Los Angeles Record
made an interesting admission of the
general sentiment as to the standard
maintained in the recall movement.
The Record by slip told the truth in
referring to the supporters of the Mu-
nicipal leagues campaign as the
forces working for clean municlpal
politics"
Goudae Not Voter Here
This admission was made in an at
tempt to show that Herbert j. Goudge
was formerly a worker for the recall,
but that he was satisfied with Kern's
resignation as a vindication OF the
movement. The Record added that he
will not take the trouble to go to the
polls" AS matter of fact Mr.. Goudge
lives in Alhambra, which is more apt
at the mayoralty election.
1t developed yesterday that Mayor
Harper, when he SO effectively disap-
peared following the councils action on
Kern's resignation, went with Edward
Kern and six other boon companions
and "bosom friends" to the Casino cafe
at Ocean Park, where the party had
lunch which. including liquids, cost the
mayor $3.50, not counting 50 for the
waiter, for all of which the mayor set
tied. The mayor is said to have talked
the situation over freely with his
friends, it is thought. with the hope of
finding a soft spot on which to land If
defeat appears inevitable. &
The recall will again be discussed be-
fore the City club by the address of
Prof. Lorin Handley at the regular
weekly luncheon Saturday noon. Mr..
Handley's address, while taking up the
local question, will include discussion
of the recall as a principle.