Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-06
MACHINE OPENS
MONEY BARREL
SLUSH FUND TOTALS $4,000
TO 100000
GOOD GOVERNMENT WORKERS
NEEDED AT POLLS
Advocates of Civic Decency Require
$4,000 for Expenses and Want
at Least Fifty Automobiles
for Election Day

The machine has opened an immense
sack. It's slusn fund is variously es-
timated at from $4,000 to 100000.
Expert precinct workers and ward
heelers are being engaged by the hun
dred and are being paid anywhere from
$40 to $50 each. on Tuesday the polls
will be swarming with these hired
ward heelers' and whatever the result
will be the machine viii put on a bold
front. 1t behooVes citizens who want
good government to do something to
countteract the nefarious influence OF
these mercenaries who will be ready to
stoop to any fraudulent device to win
this election unless they are unusually
closely watched
Any citizen who can possibly afford
the time, and there are very few who
cannot afford to give at least one day
out of the year at the polls for good
government, should make 1t a point to
be on hand early at the opening of the
polls if possible and to see to it that
the people get a square deal. The Of
ficers of the Good Government clubs
will greatly appreciate such voluntary
assistance on the part of citizens gen.
orally.
The Good Government organization
will give final instructions to its pre-
cinct club officers tnd members at
Blanchard hall tonight at s o'clock.
At this meeting supplies will be given
out and the final word given as to the
plans of the organization for election
day. Those citizens who desire to vol
unteer their services for that day are
urged to be present at Blanchard hall
tonight, when they viii be assigned to
precincts in which help is badly needed.
Sum of ais ooo lie Renuired
With the most economical managing
the Good Government organization will
require about $4,000 to make this cam
paign. Los Angeles has grown into an
immense city. II costs several thou
sand dollars to circularize Los Angeles
one time by mail. Lucian j. Clarke,
secretary of the Good Government or
ganization, states that up to the pres
ent time and since last April when
the work was first undertaken, the
Good Government organization has ex-
pended just about $4,000, and it will
need about $4,000 to pay its unpaid bills
and its election day expenses.
AS has been stated repeatedly, the
Good Government organization solicits
and expects no contributions from can
didates or utility corporations, and
therefore must appeal for funds to the
citizen who wants nothing from public
officials but faithful service.
Mr.. Clarke requests that any one de-
string to contribute to the campaign
should send in their subscriptions at
once to the Good Government organ
ization, 204 Germain building, as funds
are needed urgently right now.
There are said to be 5000 or more au-
tomobiles in the city of Los Angeles
and the Good Government organization
would like about fifty, or only l per
cent. Of these automobile owners to vol
unteer their services for next Tues
day, either all or part of the day. L. r.
Minor, who is in charge of the automo-
biles at Good Government headquar-
ters, says if he can have fifty more
volunteer machines every precinct can
be taken care of and those automo-
bile owners who are willing to give the
use of their machines on election day
are urged to communicate with Good
Government headquarters, F2269 and
F2264 on the Home and Main 1869 and
Main 1870 on the Sunset and ask for
Mr.. Minor.
1t is also suggested in this connec-
ton that owners of automobiles who
do not find it convenient to communi-
cate with headquarters to take their
machines to the polling place in their
own precincts on election day, II only
for a few hours, and offer services to
the Good Government workers. Some
precincts which have a heavy vote
can use several machines to advan-
tage.