Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-10
MORE ELECTION
MONEY NEEDED
GOOD GOVERNMENT EXPENSES
EXCEED ESTIMATE
Cost of Hiring Watchers to Insure
Honesty at Polls Causes Organ
zation to Ask for
Funds

Even the cleanest kind of politics, the
Good Government kind, costs money
and the Good Government organization
still needs several thousand dollars to
defrav the cost of the election. 1t IS
not expected that there will be any
difficulty in raising this money, for the
sweeping victory of the organization
has aroused an enthusiasm that easily
runs into dollars.
The money expended by the Good
Government organization was palu To
watchers at the precincts to see thaI
an honest count resulted. Had 1t not
been for these watchers fraud Woulu
assuredly have developed, but the Wig
ilance of the Good Government WofhefS
prevented any such thing.
1t is probable it was to the Judlclous
use of the funds that more frauds were
not perpetrated and that the honest
count showing a sweeping victory ior
Good Government was made
Meyer Lissner yesterday made the
following statement in regard to the
finances of the Good Government or
ganization:
THE executive committee of the Good
Government organization estimated this
campaign could be made for about
SIS 600 but at the last moment, on ac-
count of the facts which developed with
regard to the attempt to count us out
it became necessary to employ an un-
usual number of watchers at the polls,
and our election day expenses were in
creased about $1,000, so that the cam
paign will cost about $1,000, which
amount covers the expenses from the
time the organization was commenced,
something like eight months ago, up
to the present time.
About $4,000 of this money has al
ready been expended, some Of which
has been advanced by the officials or
the Good Government organization but
we did not stop i'm the mourning of alb
solutely necessary expenses simply be-
cause the money to pay them was not
in sight. We felt confident that the
taxpayers and citizens of Los Angeles
who appreciate the work done by the
Good Government organization would
cheerfully pay any amount necessary
to be expended in order to give Los An
geles good government.
I'VE are therefore obliged now to ap-
peal to the friends of good government
to without delay send their subscrip-
tions to headquarters in the Germain
building. Any checks sent should be
made payable to the Good Government
organization.
I'VE must raise $4,000 at once, and we
take this means through the press of
requesting subscriptions, rather than by
personal solicitation or letter, neither
Cf which should be necessary under the
circumstances. We ask every citizen
who reads this notice and feels like
subscribing to do SO right away as we
would like to be able TO settle up our
unpaid bills and close campaign head
quarters this week"
Officers of the Good Government or
ganization state that as soon as the
bills are paid and accounts settled they
will publish a detailed account of all
expenditures during the campaign
something unique in the history of
politics.
lnasmuch as the campaign fund now
being raised covers the entire period
since the movement was begun last
spring and includes the cost of two
eelctions, the amount is considered re-
maTkably small.