Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-15

II UMORS relating to probable ac-
II tion of the city council this morn
~ ing as to the appointment of a
mayor were active all day yesterday,
ranging from guesses that there would
be no mayor for weeks to an estimate
that 10000 persons are likely to be at
the city hall this morning to see what
the council will do.
The most noticeable feature of the
discussions everywhere was the accept
ance of the great value of the recall.
This was concurred in even by many
of Harpers firmest supporters, and
seems to be a thoroughly settled point
in the history of the present movement
The strongest argument advanced so
far by men who are endeaVorlng 10
have the election called off is that the
recall has been demonstrated, that 1t
has been proved and hence the election
March 26 is unnecessary. This argu-
ment, although met by the recall cam
paign committee with the statement
the peoples right to choose new
mayor is as much part OF the recall
as the ousting of the incumbent, is re-
garded as virtual admission tnat the
recall has accomplished what it's enc
mics feared. Voters in different wards
of Los Angeles and taking opposing
positions yesterday showed they agreed
in the effectiveness of the recall and
its value as a part of the city charter
Following the action of the city coun-
ell attention will be turned to the call
ing of a grand jury to go over the
ground of vice protection in Los An
geleS An official announcement is ex-
pected today from Judge w. Z. James,
presiding judge of the superior bench.
in response to request from District
Attorney Fredericks, and the general
ic thp nd jIIrW will he
summoned, although Judge James has
not made an official statement to that
effect.
Grand Jury Imperative Need
events of the last few weeks arc
regarded as putting the district attor-
ney in a position where he hardly
could avoid asking that a grand jury
be called or stand in ridiculous light
on the reports from grand jurors re-
Gently published" said a man who has
followed the present campaign closely.
''The district attorney is in the position
of being compelled to hurry to save
his bacon, even though he scorches it
in doing so. From all 1 can put to-
gether there are others who will be
jumped from the frying pan into the
fire before this thing is all over"
1--WE are now at the real danger point
and the one which calls for hard fight
ing" said another prominent business
man last night. '"The greatest danger
of all is that this complication which
the machine evidently proposes to
force is likely, if drawn out, to have
a deterrent effect on consolidation just
at the time when we have accom-
plished so much in that direction to-
ward a great harbor. / am convinced
there is a sinister motive in this ma
chine scheme which may be traced
directly to desire to retard CONSOLE
dation between Los Angeles and the
harbor cities. For this alone the coun-
ell should not hesitate in refusing to
complicate and tangle up matters.
believe if we are thrown into a legal
tangle the delay will lose almost all
the impetus toward consolidation that
those who have been fighting for a
municipal harbor have so wonderfully
well secured"
Prepared for Emergencies
The Municipal league executive COM
mittee and the recall campaign COM
mittee had the situation well in hand
Saturday afternoon and are prepared
to meet any move to block the con-
tinued success of the recall movement
by a complication of affairs today. Ar
rangements have been made for a
large number of meetings this week,
as originally planned, and the CAM
paign for the election of Alexander will
dences have come to the recall CAM
paign headquarters from all over the
city that indicate greater determine
ton than ever to vote for the recall
candidate.
I'm one way this work of the ma
chine has proved beneficial" said q
member of the campaign committee
Saturday night. "If there was any
feeling of apathy and possibility of a
small vote because of Harper's resig-
nation it has been swept away by the
attitude of the machine. You have No
conception of the determination thaa
exists among the voters of this city to
allow no intervention in the work
of making it the most decent municSs
pality in America. This sentiment 81
remarkably strong where we had many
friends at the outset. and it is encour-
aging that it now can be found where
the Harper people had counted on their
strongest vote"