Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-08
THE BEST MAYOR

geles has enjoyed prosperity and
~ the city has established a world
wide reputation for good government.
This is an Alexander reputation" 1t
is in large part due to the influence, the
personality, the reputation, the asso-
ciates and the associations Of the
mayor. He came into office at time
when the work of a strong man was
needed to re-establish the official and
municipal prestige of Los Angeles,
which had been imperiled by the worst
Of city.
On Mayor Alexander was devolved
the task of restoring order out of the
chaotic conditions produced by the
misrule of the Harper crew, of bring
ing back the city government to a con-
dition of efficiency and reliability, of
restoring the citys credit and of re-
establishing Los Angeles as the princi-
pal city of the far west, not only con-
spicuously successful but conspicuously
CLEAN politically and morally.
And Mayor Alexander has made
good. His entire policy is easily ana
lyzed, because it has the simplicity of
truth and of singleness of purpose.
The public trusts Mayor Alexander be-
cause the people know by experience
that under all circumstances and all
conditions he may be relied on to pro-
tect public interests.
With a vivid recollection of the Har-
per days, the Cole days. the Schenck
days, the Kern days, the Broadhead
days, the Goings days, the Chowder
House Jim days, the voters of Los An
geles are prepared to place the stamp
of approval on the Alexander days by
renominating and re-electing the ex-
cellent mayor who consistently and
fearlessly has been an advocate of good
government, a protector of the people
of Los Angeles, an upholder of decency.
Mayor Alexander's administration
has carried out the ordinances of the
city in a way that has produced re-
suits of which the people of Los An
geles have a right to be proud, and
for the best interests of the city his
y.
Los Angeles voted $4,000, 900 for Owens
river water. and in order that the
great project involved may be carried
into effect successfully the man at the
head of the city government must be
experienced, capable, tried, true, hon
est, shrewd, practical and level-headed.
and George Alexander fulflls the
requirements.
Because Mayor Alexander has the
requisites of an ideal incumbent of the
city's most important office. at this
critical period of the cIty's history he
should be re-nominated and reelected.
Los Angeles has so much at stake in
the owens river water enterprise
alone that the citizens must protect
themselves and secure the city's in
terests by placing again in the mayor
atty the sturdy, honest official whose
grit and integrity while he was a
member of the board of supervisors
took the good roads bonds issue out
of the clutches of crafty schemers and
sold the bonds successfully with a
saving to the county of nearly $500 900
Mayor Alexander's official career
has been clean, upright, independent.
At no time has it been necessary to
ask what influences affected his
actions. because in everything he has
been true to his conscience.
Under Mayor Alexander the atmos-
phere has been cleared in Los Angeles.
In every direction Of activity prog
ress has been made. The absolute
honesty Of purpose, honesty Of will
and honesty of deed which have char
acterized Mayor Alexander from the
time he first took the reins of office
have eliminated graft from Los An
geles, have improved the conditions of
living, have increased prosperity, have
attracted to the city thousands of new
citizens of a highly desirable type,
have brought capital by hundreds of
thousands of dollars, have aided the
cause of education, have made Los
Angeles better city, better to live in,
better TO do business in, and have
given to Greater Los Angeles that con-
fident outlook into the future which
comes from the consciousness that the
interests of good government are Sc
cure under the able, conscientious,
trustworthy honest, fearless. progress
i've, patriotic executive guidance of a
man who with good reason Is de-
scribed as the best mayor Los An
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