Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
TELLS OF NEEDS
OF LOS ANGELES
COUNCILMAN PRESENTS LIST
OF REFORMS NECESSARY
SUGGESTS TWENTY-THREER ESo-
LUTIONS FOR ADOPTION
Fifth Ward LaWmaker Shows Mary
Changes in Laws Which Would
Advance and Develop Well
fare of City

zenS of Los Angeles should work 1
1909.
After an experience for two years i
public service, it is said, the speake
is qualified to present tn
men of the city, a pla
of effort for the coming year. The lis
of New Year resolutions as compute
by Councilman Ward, if acted upor
will involve the citizens of Los Angelo
in a year of strenuous activity for tn
upbuilding and development of tn
The proposed amendments to the cit
on which the people of 10
will have a chance to vote Feb
ruary 2, were taken up in detail b
the speaker, who is an ardent supporte
of the proposed amendments.
The following is a summary of tn
resolutions proposed by the council
man and on which he talked for a Ion
time:
First-To carry all the charter amend
ments February 2.
Second-If we cannot carry them ALL to
make sure of the direct primary, council
men-at-large and harbor amendments.
Third-To carry the school bond election
on January and now and always to
stand at the forefront of American cities
in all educational matters
prise just as we have been pushing it, and
to make sure of this by keeping as good
men at the job as we now have.
Would Fight Gambling
Fifth-To do our part to overthrow race
track gambling in the state as we have
overthrown it in the city.
Sixth-To use every reasonable means to
bring about a union with San Pedro and
Wilmington in the next few months.
Seventh-To make 1909 the banner year
for street paving, for shame will soon be
ours if it can be said that county road
is better than city street
Eighth-To remember that the bill
board ordinance is primarily not reve-
nue. measure, but undertaking to lessen
Or remove a nuisance-an ordinance not
intended to produce dollars, but kindling
wood.
Ninth-To recognize in handling the pub
lie money that every dollar contains one
hundred cents, and that each cent was paid
by some citizen whose right is that it be
righteously and wisely expended.
Tenth-To recognize that a competent au-
ditor with integrity and backbone is an
indispensable asset to a city.
Eleventh-To come to a recognition of
the truth that the business of city is very
similar to the business of a great corpora
ton and that politics should have no more
to do with the one than the other.
Twelfth-To hasten the day when five
give their full time to the management of
the business of this city.
Thirteenth-Or, to have it dawn upon the
intelligence of our citizens that if the
board of public works. consisting of three
men, is competent to administer success
fully the aqueduct enterprise with out
Law of four million dollars per annum, then
the city's business, more complex perhaps,
but with less outlay, might be, intrusted to
five men.
Fourteenth-To have the MANAGEMENT of
the yearly outlay of two million dollars of
school money intrusted to a board of three
salaried men, whose entire time shall be
given to that work.
Fifteenth-To encourage every legitimate
enterprise that secures capital for invest
ment, and to stand sturdily for the defense
of every honest corporation, but the CAPT
talist and the corporation shall be held to
the strictest accountability to our laws and
the biggest man shall be as the littlest
man in the equitable administration Of JUS
tice.
Sixteenth-To secure a harbor, free and
spacious.
Seventeenth-To fight for our tide lands
rights till we win them.
Eighteenth-To religiously preserve and
protect the Los Angeles river bed as rich
heritage for the future.
Nineteenth-To connect the river bed and
the free harbor with a municipal railway.
Clean the City
Twentieth-To make the city physically
clean by a proper handling of garbage and
all other dirt and rubbish.
Twenty-frSt-To make the city morally
clean by an incorporating enforcement
of law apd by an eradication, through new
law where necessary, Of such vile spots az
still shame our city.
Twenty-second-To continue in 1909, with
intensified vigor, all the reform movements
of 1908 that remain unaccomplished and I'M
fulfilled.
Twenty-third-To hold strongly that moth
ing that is right can fail, nothing that is
wrong can endure.
Speaking in favor Of the resolution
to elect councilmen at large, Mr.. Wal
lace said:
1.-The larger principle involved is no
new.~ We have tried it in our publ
school system and it has worked splen
didly.
1.-THE chance man had to get a plac
on the school board because Of som
political service rendered in ward poll
tics is reduced to a minimum; indeed
it is almost an impossibility.
'Ninety-five per cent of the council
manic work is for the city as a whole
and not for particular sections. Their
is no good argument in favor Of tn
ward system in Los Angeles. Tt tend
to evil, and should be abolished"
Evils of Conventions
Speaking of the evil influences whic
creep into political conventions, tn
said: Conventions sti
may be a necessity. They are not a
evil in themselves, but they offer temp
tations to the schemer and the boss
They frequently defeat the will of tn
voters of given party rather tina
minister to their welfare, as they ar
intended to do"
Particular emphasis was given to tn
need Of a direct primary law for cit
and state as an entering wedge to
ward greater reform. THE primar
law is not panacea for all evils" sal
the speaker. There still will be dis
honesty and crookedness, and good citi
zens will have to be vigilant in thei
watchfulness for the welfare Of tn
city.
1.-The state Of California, by its vote
8 last, put the primar
law into the constitution. The legis
lature, which assemblies this month
will enact laws that will interpret thi
clause in the constitution and make
effective in the counties and cities
The legislators will pass an efficien
measure or they will enact such legis
idIlOH d. Will HuI1lly IIle eApI0SSIOH
the will of the people and bring tn
primary law into disfavor."
Mr.. Wallace then told of the prac
teal workings of the primary law an
said it largely would eliminate part,
politics from the primaries while per
hitting the parties freely to exist an,
to carry on. their legitimate activities.
The speaker in glowing terms re
ferred to the possibilities of a harbo
at San Pedro which will equal il
the greatest shipping port
in the world. He told of the need O
owned wharf fr0ntaoa IN.