Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-19
MACHINE WILL
HELP WHEELER
VOTERS WARNED NOT TO BE
TOO CONFIDENT
APATHY MAY ENDANeER CAUSE
OF ALEXANDER
Southern Pacific Has Set lts Political
Mechanism at Work in Hope
of Defeating Recall
Candidate
Recall headquarters has sounded a

Recall headquarters has sounded a
warning that will make some voters
sit up and take notice. 1t Is that If
the thousands who want to see George
Alexander mayor do not get out and
vote March 26 Los Angeles will have
Socialist mayor.
Anything to beat Alexander and the
recallers," is the slogan of the "push,"
and yesterday the intricate mechanism
of the Southern Pacific political ma
chine was set to work for the cause of
Fred Wheeler, Socialist candidate for
mayor. While the class of politicians
that make up the bulk of the machine
organization knows little about the
Socialistic program, they would rather
see a member of that party in the
mayors chair than George Alexander.
because Alexander's election will mean
a complete victory for the recall.
Wheeler was candidate for preSiden-
tial elector and received 4702 votes in
the county. 1t is estimated at recall
headquarters that of this number 5000
were cast in Los Angeles city. Added
to this a conservative estimate of the
sympathetic labor vote he will receive
is placed at another 5000. The push"
openly boasts it can swing not less
than 5000 votes FOR Wheeler, and the
aggregation makes the imposing total
of II 900 votes for a Socialist mayor, ac-
cording to their estimate.
While even this number would not
bring about Wheeler's election, If all
TIE v. .ers who really want to see Alex
ander elected mayor go to the polls
march rs, yet the withdrawal of Har-
per and the temporary election of
Stephens may result in apathy, and
this causes the recall organization to
urge every citizen to go to the polls
March 26 and remember the fight Is not
yet won.
The machine is driven to two re-
courses of last resort. 1t has decided
to whip it's men into line for Wheeler.
If possible, and it may also take the
other course of taking the question into
the courts with the hope of tying 1t up.
Machine men are using the argument
on their henchmen that vote for
Wheeler will help put In office a man
whom they may harass and tangle up,
while, on the other hand, in Alexander
they have to deal with an experienced
hand and know exactly where he Will
stand.
George Alexander spoke at two meet
IL gs last night. He will address three
meetings this evening, and will speak
at the big meeting at Blanchard hall
tomorrow evening.
Meetings tonight and SO far arranged
by the recall campaign committee are
as follows:
March 10, s p. M, Woodman hall, 2517
Pasadena avenue-Speakers, Frank s.
Forbes, Judge John D. Works, Prof.
L. A. Handley.
March 10, p. M, Central hall, 1924
Central avenue-Speakers. Lamar Har-
ris, b. p. WEIGH, George Alexander.
March 20, p. m, St. Joseph's hall,
1903 Santee street-Speakers, w. r.
Burke, r. H. Johnson. George Alexan-
der.
March 20, p. m, Blanchard hall. 2S3
South neutrality-suspicious., Webster
Davis, Marshall Stimson and others.
Frank G. Finlayson, presiding.
March 20, 8 p. M, Echo park, 1888
Echo Park avenue-Speakers, Lamar
r. Harris and others.
March 81, 8 %. M, Ell Club Belen, 618
New High street-Speakers, B. p.
WEIGH, Guy Garner.
March %, D. M, Unique club, 128
North Main-Speakers, Thomas Lee
woolwine, I. D. Blair, George Alexan-
der.
March %, 8 p. M. West End Odd Fell
lows hall, 1872 Pico street-Speakers,
w. r. Burke, r. H. Norton.
March %, p M, Roberty Bros
building, Fourteenth and Long Beach
avenue-Speakers to be announced.
March 23, p. M, Simpson auditori-
um-Speakers, Judge A. M. Stephens,
Major H. T. Lee, Judge John p. Works.
March %, p. m, Borellfs store. cor
ner Sixty-flrst and Moneta avenue
Speakers, Judge C. +. McNutt, Lamar
r. Harris.
March "a, 8 p. m, Odd Fellows hall,
1913 West Jefferson-Speakers, Judge G.
F. McNutt, Marshall Stimson, George
Alexander.
March "a, s p. m, Conaty hall, DAILY
and Downey avenue-Speakers. Prof.
L. A. Handley, p. B. WEIGH, George
Alexander.