Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-10
CITY CLUB ENDORSES HERALD'S
CAMPAIGN FOR CIVIC DECENCY
Organizationof Business and Professional Men Give
Vote of Thanks to Newspaper for It's Fight
for Untainted Municipal Government

ENTHUSIASTIC commentator OF
n The Herald's campaign for clear
u city administration was given by
the City club at its weekly meeting al
the Westminster hotel yesterday.
Action indorsing The Herald's f1ghT
for municipal government free Of
faint came in the form Of a motor
made by Attorney r. L. Horton. 7. E
| Gibbon, president of The Herald com,
pany, had spoken briefly Of the recent
exposures, and when he had concluded
Mr.. Horton arose and moved that the
club extend a vote Of thanks to The
Herald for it's efforts in behalf of civic
decency. The motion was passed unan.
imously with cheers.
| w. B. Mathews, former city attorney
and now attorney for the 6queduct de-
partment, and Leslie r. Hewitt, present
city attorney, discussed the charter
amendments before the club.
| There are thirty-one Of these amend.
ments, and the people will vote on theil
| adoption or rejection February 2.
| Mr.. Hewitt. who was the first
| speaker, said the present city charter
was more than 20 years old, and al.
| though it was sufficient at the time o1
| its adoption the trainers of it had no
contemplated such serious matters al
has confronted the city In it's latter
Discusses Two
Mr.. Hewitt did not attempt to dis
cuss all the amendments He picked
| out those that appeared the most i'm
portant and dwelt at greatest length OF
Nos. and 4. These relate to the cleo
| ton of councilmen at large and the
direct nomination of candidates O
municipal offices. He explained tn,
method by which it is proposed to OBJ
tain a nOn-partisan choice of candidate.
by means Of petitions and an election
to select two men for each Office to bt
filled from the names proposed by petl
ton.
The amendment for the elimination
of ward lines, he said, goes far toward
the Galveston and Des Moines system
| These amendments, he said, would b,
! the battle-ground of the election. H,
said he would vote for both Of them, a.
he believed in the non-partisan prin
ciple in municipal affairs.
On the amendment increasing thu
salaries Of municipal officers he quoted
the laborer is worthy of his hire" ant
pointed out that the city treasurer wa
receiving but 5000 a month, a SALARY
scarcely adequate for a good banl
clerk.
He Endorsed amendment No. Z, adj
vanced by the city harbor commission
which is designed to protect the in
terests of Los Angeles at San Pedro
1t provides for the consolidation will
Los Angeles Of adjoining cities or ter
ritory for borough system of govern
ment. He touched on amendment No
l, which is designed to place a checl
on public utilities now owned by Lo.
Angeles and those that in the future
may be acquired, and on the amend
ment giving the mayor the power tt
veto contracts involving more than $500
Amendment No. "a, which gives the
library building, he called meritorious
Favors Salary Increases
Mr.. Mathews spoke particularly Of
the salary increases, and declared the
city attorneys increase was needed a.
badly as any. He spoke from ex
perience.
Meyer Lissner declared he would
probably vote for all the amendment.
except the one providing for the extern
| sion Of franchises. He declared III
! hoped the amendment providing fol
councilmen taking over the commits
sions would carry, and with it the one
providing for the election of councilme1
at large. If both these amendment!
carry, Mr.. Lissner said, Los Angelo!
would be near the commission form o.
government.
The following resolution was
unanimously adopted by the club
and the secretary was instructed
to send copies to Congressman Nc
Lachlan and to Senator Flint:
Resolved, That the City club Of
/ Los Angeles, consisting of some 700
! members, is in thorough sympathy
with that part. of the presidents
recent message which urges the re-
movaI of restrictions which have
been placed upon the executive in
the use Of the United States secret
service, for the detection and pun
ishment of crime; and that, as
American citizens, we call upon our
representatives in the congress to
assist in removing all obstacles from
the path of the president in his eff
| fert to secure the equal enforcement
Of the law"
Garbage Report Submitted
The committee consisting Of Fred F
Wheeler, Frank Simpson and J. w
Gardner, appointed recently to investi-
gate the question Of garbage disposal
submitted a report The committee
thoroughly and had interviewed experts
| and read the writings of others. The
report in part states:
1.-THE committee appointed to consider
the question of garbage disposal sub
mitted in part the following:
New York, New Orleans, Kansas
| City and St. Louis are still loadine
some Of their garbage on scows and
towing them away from the city and
dumping it into the water. This is not
a satisfactory method in any case, and
these cities are all preparing to adopt
a better method.
GAS towns and cities have growr
larger the dumping Of garbage in the
outskirts of a city has become mort
and more offensive, unsanitary and un-
bearable, until they have been com
! PEELED to discontinue. 1t may be stated
as a primary principle in the DISPOSE
ton of garbage that sanitary consid-
erations should have the first and fore
most place. The protection of the pub
| lie health must be considered above al
else, and the financial aspect must be
secondary.
MANY cities compel the householder
| to provide a 20-gallon galvanized iror
can with a tight cover for the anima
and vegetable waste from the house
and 30-ga1lon can for ashes, tin cans
ETC., and still another receptacle fol
paper old clothes and other combusti.
BILE material Collections of the ANNA
and vegetable garbage are usually
made on every other day in the bust
ness district and two or three times {
week in the residence district.
"Our board Of public works classif1e:
| our refuse as follows:
Glass A. Garbage, animal and refuse
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