Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23
5000 WILL URGE
NOMINATION OF
GEO. ALEXANDER
LISTS WILL BE KEPT OPEN
UNTIL WEDNESDAY NOON
OPENING GUN FOR "HoNEsT
GEORGE" TO ROAR LOUDLY
Supporters Indirectly Assess Saloon
keepers for. Harper's Campaign by
Distributing Buttons Among
Them at $13 a Thousand
&c A T least 5000 signatures will be Sc

IA cureQ 10 nominate George
"A Alexander for mayor" said j.
p. Steele at the Municipal league
campaign headquarters yesterday. Re
quests to be allowed the honor of sign
ing petitions to place the recall mayor
on the ballot have come so fast that
we shall continue the campaign until
Wednesday noon.
People think it is an honor to be en-
rolled in the recall campaign. We soon
recognized that when the first petitions
were being circulated and had several
complaints from voters who said the
canvassers did not reach them. If the
Municipal league had ordered it we
could have had more than $4,000 sig
natures for the invoking of the recall
Many who failed to catch the recall
canvassers were anxious to get in on
the nomination of Mr.. Alexander, and
they have made it a point to hunt UP
the stands, appreciating that the time
is short. Others have asked that the
men be kept on the job for another day
to allow them to sign nomination
blanks. We are accordingly keeping
twenty-eight men at work and shall
not stop until Wednesday noon. The
stands which have been maintained in
the business section will be continued
until that time, and ten notaries will
be sent to various sections of the city.
From present reports we can have at
least 5000 signatures by Wednesday af-
ternoon."
Work Is Strenuous
The force in the leagues campaign
headquarters worked all day yester-
day sorting petitions by precincts to
facilitate the work of verification. This
work is kept up while the signatures
are being secured by a system which
disposes of large number of blanks
during the day. In this manner the
work may be closed up soon after re-
ceiving the last signature Wednesday.
At the Iowa picnic yesterday there
was rush to sign the nomination
petitions by former Hawkeye residents
of Los Angeles who wished to show
their admiration for Uncle George .
large number of signatures was OBJ
tained. You will always find Iowa
standing by the right man. said one
signer, as he swore to his petition.
The opening meeting of the Alex
ander campaign at Woods hall on
Pasadena avenue and Avenue 81 in
Highland Park tonight promises to be
a rousing affair. Members OF the High
land Park Alexander club have been
working to assure a welcome to Mr.
Alexander that will show how the first
three precincts of the city stand on the
recall.
viii "Raise the Roof
when Uncle George gets UP to
speak we will raise the roof and show
him where he will find the banner vote
March 26, said one of the clubs mem
bers yesterday. Marshall Stimson,
Prof. L. A. Handley and others will
make short speeches, in addition to an
address by Mr.. Alexander.
Los Angeles saloonkeepers have been
assessed indirectly for the Harper cam
paign by being sent buttons bearing
the statement, Mayor Harper is good
enough for u.s." for which they are to
pay $13 thousand. They are expect
ed to distribute the buttons to patrons
of their bars. 1t is said a number of
saloon men in the business district
claim they already have been assessed
sufficiently and they refuse to pay for
their quota of buttons.
Il put my buttons where they won't
do any harm, said one man who, re-
ceived the decorations, land I can see
them collecting any coin from me-
The straits to which the Harper
managers are reduced in trying to find
some argument to counteract the pub
lie record of Mr.. Alexander is instanced
in an attempt to pervert the facts re-
garding the purchase of the site for the
hall of records.
Saved County Much Money
Mr.. Alexander was a member of the
board of supervisors at the time the
purchase came up, and his efforts
saved the county a large sum of money.
His opponents are endeavoring to sad
die on him the work of the ''solid''
members.
At the time Mr. Alexander was in
strumental in making the purchase
open and aboveboard through his mo-
ton to acquire the property by con-
demnation proceedings. The property
was secured at approximately the ap-
praisement price set by five leading
real estate men, and the appraisers say
the county could not have purchased
the site for less money by private sale.
In any event, as Mr.. Alexander was a
minority member, he could not have
controlled the action of the board, but
he took the initiative which brought
the proceedings into the open. For this
he has been warmly commended since
the attempted covering up of the sale
of the good roads h0OdS