Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-07
Hl HE recall campaign is organized
thoroughly under the direction OF

H HE recall campaign is organized
thoroughly under the direction o!
= the campaign committee APP
pointed by the Municipal league
when 1t was given the direction
of the recall movement by the
citizens meeting. Work of advanc-
ing the recall has been classified
systematically and placed in charge OF
the following committees:
Executives. c. Graham. chairman;
w. ID. Stephens. J. P Coyne, W. r.
Burke, A. M. Dunn, Frank J. Hart
Meyer Lissner. Marshall Stimson, Gill
bert S. Wright, Albert NJ. Norton and
r.. Fl. Norton.
Law-Albert M. Norton, chairman;
ii. T. Lee. u. o. Edgerton and James
A. Anderson.
Publicity and printing-Fra J.
: Hart. chairman; Henry M. Newmark,
e. w. Murphy G. Fl. Randall, w. f.
Hampton, S. c. Graham, Dr. Sherwin
Gibbons. ]. o. Koepfii, c. d. Willard
and e. o. Edgerton.
Meetings and speakers--Dr. Sherwin
Gibbons, chairman; Richmond Plant,
Gen. e. c. Bellows. Hugh W.&Adanis,
jr.. w. S. Taylor and G. A. Rockwell
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lissner, chair
man; John Topham. A. NJ. Dunn, Mar
shall Stimson. DR.. d. l.. Tasker w. $,
Taylor A. M. Norton, C. HI. Randall,
M F. I3etkouski, Richmond Plant and
E. O. Edgerton,
T,ansportation-Gilb S. Wright
l.. Lichtenberger,' Richmond Plant, j.
r. Muliin, o. A. Rockwell and S. s.
Salisbury.
Finance-sidney A. Butler, p. NJ.
Johnson, C. J. Kubach. George Rice,
Lee A. Mcconnell, Victor II. Tuttle
and r. ID. Wade.
Auditing Herman Silver, Charles
Wier and Willard Arnott.
S. c. Graham Is chairman of the
general recall committee and e. o.
Edgerton is secretary. The recall
headquarters occupy practically all of
the fourth floor of the Equitable Saw
ings Bank building. and the main
rooms are filled the greater part of
every day and evening by men who are
anxious to cooperate with the cam
paign committee in making the recall
movement an emphatic success.
For Alexander Two to One
The volunteers have been active In
canyassing their neighborhoods and
they report a strong sentiment for
Alexander in many precincts. A. F.
Judson of 419 Crosse building has
completed careful and thorough can
vass of the entire Ninth ward. 1t
demonstrates, Mr.. Judson says. as 4
result of his canvass that the Ninth
ward will vote for Alexander two To
one.
c. II. Randall, editor of the Highland
Park Herald, and nine men have just
completed a complete canvass of pre-
cincts l. 2 and in the First ward, and
the result shows that the people OF
this section are Overwhelmingly in IA
vor Of George Alexander as the next
mayor OF Los Angeles.
The canvass was made from house
to house and included every residence
in the three precincts. The result
showed q total of sos for Alexander
against SO for Harper. or more thar
five to one in favor of the recall can
didate. Classed In the doubtful column
were 306 voters who either refused tC
say how they intended to vote or had
not yet made up their minds on the
subject.
A significant feature of the canvass
was the expression of considerable
number of laboring people who reside
in New York valley. The men In this
part of the ward are employed In shops
in Los Angeles as a general rule, but
their preference was Indicated as
of other residents who own their homes
Mayor Hopelessiy outvoted
The vote In detail was as follows
hONAiSS @Ncs A7<>tSAeeiNOit AAot AiehA
per, 20.
Precinct No. 2--Alexander. 1876; Har.
per, 35.
Precinct No. S---Alexander. 1889; Har-
per, "A
Total--Alexander, sos; Harper, 80.
II the same proportion holds good II
the doubtful list this will give tota
result of 1853 for Alexander against Isl
for Harper.
Members of the recall committee say
they have no Intention of making 9
complete canvass, but the vote in these
three precincts is considered indicative
of the total vote The men who assist
cd Mr.. Randall in his canvass are al
well known In Highland Park. They
are Alexander N. Smith, l.. e. Cullum
A. l.. Marquis, r. M. Ross, II. M
Bushey. Howard J. Quinn, Charles 7
Youngken. Charles p. Avery and II. G
Otto.
Return postal cards expressing pref
erences for mayor at the coming cleo
tion continue to pour into recall head
quarters In the morning mall yestcr.
day more than four hundred replies
were received at headquarters. ane
they wero overwhelmingly In favor o.
Mr.. Alexander as the next mayor %
Los Angeles.
The remarks on many OF the caru'
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